New truck blues

[Beck]

I think my phone and truck got into a fight. The phone won. (2020 GMC 2500HD Denali Duramax)

I plugged my phone into the truck through the USB plug yesterday. I thought it was working pretty well using the phone's GPS on the trucks screen.  After several hours I tried to make a call and things started acting goofy and the truck information screen froze. I tried turning it all off and starting again after stopping for fuel. It still didn't work. I gave up and continued home.

This morning I went to start the truck. The information screen was flashing and there were several warning messages flashed across the speedometer screen. It wouldn't start. I didn't have time then to mess with it. I returned after another 5 hr. Everything is dead. No start and no lights anywhere. Battery voltage was 4V. I disconnected the batteries and hooked up chargers.

I guess I will see what happens tomorrow. I'm kind of glad I bought extended warranty for the 1st time. If it doesn't start AAA will get a towing call. My problem is I really need it on Tuesday. That won't happen with the dealer working on it.

[Beck]

I disconnected the grounds from each battery last night and put chargers on both batteries. Both recharged overnight. I hooked up the grounds for both and it again seems to be fine. It will make a trip to the dealers tomorrow. It's nice it doesn't need to go on a roll back to make that trip.

[58 Yeoman]

I think something is in the air that affected computer/digital gadgets yesterday. I went to print some shipping labels yesterday, and none of the 4 printers in the house would connect to my laptop. I got my "good" laptop out, and it was the same thing. My wife got her laptop, same thing. We went through all kinds of 'fixes' until I finally rebooted the modem/router, then the printers came on line. All the other wifi things worked, just not the printers.

[Canuck]

Worked in the computer field most of my regular working life.  Back in the days of IBM 1401 computers one of the senior guys I worked with gave me some advice.  He told me that the electrons in the computers would get scrambled up after a period of time and the computers would not work correctly, the only solution was to power the machine down and start again.  Over the years I found that that advice ABSOLUTLEY was not logical.  However I have found that I does work and still use it, whether it is a computer, phone of newer car, if it has a computer chip the electrons seem to get scrambled periodically and need realigning.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Electronics on new vehicles worry me a good amount..  

Home computers:  same deal here.  About one time a month, my laptop and-or wife's iPad will not function on the interweb.  I reboot the cable modem and router.  problem solved.