Hey guys,
I'm new to this website, and diesels in general actually. But I bought a 2009 Chevy 2500HD last July. It currently has 88,000 miles(ish). I bought it with an extended warranty until 100,000 but the dealership won't look at it until Thursday.
But yesterday, I was headed home from work and I had been driving it for roughly 15 minutes. All of a sudden, at approximately 50mph, everything electrically shut off. My gauges bottomed out, my radio shut off, my air shut off (NOT my AC, just had the blower going), and I had no throttle response. The motor stayed running, I still had power steering. The electrical would come back on and shut back off about every 1-2 seconds. At one time, when the electrical came back on, I saw "Service Traction Control" in my dash pop up but I never came on. I even turned off the air and the radio and that made no difference. After about 5 minutes, everything came back on, I had full power, and it ran perfectly fine for the rest of my 40 minute commute. I even turned the radio back on and the air and it didn't effect it at all. I got home, shut the truck off, and usually, the lights will come on and the radio will stay on until I open my door, but this time, the gauges bottomed out again, and everything shut off instantly. No lights, no radio. I immediately popped the hood to see if I could smell any electrical burn, and nothing. I got back in the truck, turned the key and it started right up. Didn't hesitate, didn't take an extra crank to turn over, started just fine. Everything electrical was fine as well. I let it sit for about an hour, went to the gym (2 miles from my house), came back home after an hour and a half, ran fine there and back. Went to my buddies house (about 5 miles from my house) and everything ran fine there as well. I even turned my traction control on and off to see if it was the problem and nothing happened.
Now, I started noticing about 2 weeks ago, my radio would randomly shut off and instantly turn back on. Not every time I drove it, but maybe 2-3 times a week. Then last week, I was driving to work with the cruise and radio on, and they both shut off, but nothing else shut off.
Last Wednesday, (4-22-15) I took the truck to have the oil changed at the dealership. They did their How-Ever-Many point inspection and the batteries and alternator both came back fine (if they actually checked it).
I have not been in the mud or any water, as I baby this thing. It is not throwing any codes.
The dealership said they can't do anything with it unless it throws a code or unless they can drive it and have it happen to them. I'm letting this thing sit until I can figure it out. I don't want the dang thing to go up in flames.
I was thinking if it was the computer, I would have had engine problems too, but as I said, it stayed running the whole time. I also would have thought it would have thrown a code. I was wondering if maybe it was the BCM? Or maybe the voltage regulator?
I'm new to this website, and diesels in general actually. But I bought a 2009 Chevy 2500HD last July. It currently has 88,000 miles(ish). I bought it with an extended warranty until 100,000 but the dealership won't look at it until Thursday.
But yesterday, I was headed home from work and I had been driving it for roughly 15 minutes. All of a sudden, at approximately 50mph, everything electrically shut off. My gauges bottomed out, my radio shut off, my air shut off (NOT my AC, just had the blower going), and I had no throttle response. The motor stayed running, I still had power steering. The electrical would come back on and shut back off about every 1-2 seconds. At one time, when the electrical came back on, I saw "Service Traction Control" in my dash pop up but I never came on. I even turned off the air and the radio and that made no difference. After about 5 minutes, everything came back on, I had full power, and it ran perfectly fine for the rest of my 40 minute commute. I even turned the radio back on and the air and it didn't effect it at all. I got home, shut the truck off, and usually, the lights will come on and the radio will stay on until I open my door, but this time, the gauges bottomed out again, and everything shut off instantly. No lights, no radio. I immediately popped the hood to see if I could smell any electrical burn, and nothing. I got back in the truck, turned the key and it started right up. Didn't hesitate, didn't take an extra crank to turn over, started just fine. Everything electrical was fine as well. I let it sit for about an hour, went to the gym (2 miles from my house), came back home after an hour and a half, ran fine there and back. Went to my buddies house (about 5 miles from my house) and everything ran fine there as well. I even turned my traction control on and off to see if it was the problem and nothing happened.
Now, I started noticing about 2 weeks ago, my radio would randomly shut off and instantly turn back on. Not every time I drove it, but maybe 2-3 times a week. Then last week, I was driving to work with the cruise and radio on, and they both shut off, but nothing else shut off.
Last Wednesday, (4-22-15) I took the truck to have the oil changed at the dealership. They did their How-Ever-Many point inspection and the batteries and alternator both came back fine (if they actually checked it).
I have not been in the mud or any water, as I baby this thing. It is not throwing any codes.
The dealership said they can't do anything with it unless it throws a code or unless they can drive it and have it happen to them. I'm letting this thing sit until I can figure it out. I don't want the dang thing to go up in flames.
I was thinking if it was the computer, I would have had engine problems too, but as I said, it stayed running the whole time. I also would have thought it would have thrown a code. I was wondering if maybe it was the BCM? Or maybe the voltage regulator?
