2013 2.4L Voltage Issues

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DC_Indy

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Within the last month changed Battery and Alternator.

Previous to the battery change below I saw voltages down to 12.0V while driving at Interstate speeds but no other indications of issues until it would not start one day. No flickering lights, no dash indications or even OBS codes shown.

Car would not start one afternoon, jumped started and got to Autozone battery at 9V. (6 year old battery) Swapped out battery.

After Battery change never saw voltages below 13V until a week ago (one weeks' worth of driving), saw voltages again below 13V.

Swapped out Alternators, a week goes by never saw Voltages below 13.5V, until this morning on my drive to work I was getting all the way down to 12V.

No other indications of issues except of the initial battery swap above which was a failed start. My minimum drive to and from work is at least 15 minutes each way, plus I do some weekend driving longer distances as well.
 

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Did some troubleshooting last night. Wiggled some wires. No issues noted on the drive home last night or this morning on my drive to work.

Electrical gremlins are always fun.

Just thought I'd shoot an update.
 

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Did some troubleshooting last night. Wiggled some wires. No issues noted on the drive home last night or this morning on my drive to work.

Electrical gremlins are always fun.

Just thought I'd shoot an update.
One or more of those wiggled wires is drawing too much power, get the schematic and trace the load(s) on those wires. 80 percent of electrical problems are in the wires 20 percent are in the load components.
 

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