I encourage everyone to spend $20 and get a diagnostic tool. They can relieve a lot of anxiety when the dreaded check engine light comes on. Mine came on today and I was stoked to find out it was just the dumb auxiliary battery that this car shouldn't have in the first place.
Hey Homie! Not only do you make great videos like this one, but have found them for completely different vehicles we own in the past, all super helpful. Please keep it up!!!
I got a Auxiliary battery that's in the trunk. I also got a AGM battery later on for the main battery and really holds a good charge and every time I check the charge its always near 90-100% charge. I wouldn't go back to using lead acid batteries anymore.@@chevyssboy89
Very helpful, thank you! Note, the vent hose was very loose on my replacement battery, it would have fallen out the minute I hit a bump in the road, so I had to use a bit of electrical tape to secure it.
I had the same code and read the battery and it was bad. Changed it and the check engine light is still on. That black tube at the end when job the hole in the back of the battery. Love the video. I would of saved lots of time if I would saw these first.
You need to drive it and test out the start/stop function to see if the check engine light comes back on. The module on top of the main battery won't engage the auxiliary if you just start it up and let it idle. The modules are known to go bad.
Not liking that stop and start feature. I am keeping my 2012 CHEVY MALIBU and cannot believe i was going to trade it in way back in 2016. So glad i didn't
I have a 2012 Malibu 2lt has 185k miles on it I bought a 2015 Malibu LTZ only 77k miles on it right now then bought a 2016 Malibu 2.0 premier I will say the 2012 has been the best so far the 2015 has had quite a few issues with it 2016 been good so far with on 62k miles on it
Got the same code, replaced main battery twice & auxiliary battery once, replaced the battery current sensor and no go, turns right on with a jumper but by itself it won’t crank, any reason why the battery keeps draining?
iBryan something draining your battery, like a component staying on when it shouldn’t be 👇🏼 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rD1NfKgcx0I.html
I went through two batteries in this vehicle. At the parts store I was told that I need 850 cold cranking amps that battery is a big battery which I am not sure will fit. My question will that larger battery fit?
Great video, forgot to connect the hydrogen hose that was connected to the old battery, it connects to the new battery but in the back. Did the customer come back and complain about the light possibly coming back on?
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I have a 2015 malibu sometimes it will crank you can stop and it would cut off at the light and want start back . The radio want cut off and hen you turn the switch it just makes a click
Hey, I replaced the aux battery about 2 weeks. The check engine light came back on. Chevy is charging me 130$, if it's coming back on what should I try?
So this same problem happen with me but my small battery positive terminal and ground were loose so I tighten them and cleared the code and was fine for about a month then the check engine light came back with the same code. I'll check to see if they came loose again but if that's not the issue any ideas what I'd be dealing with?
@DaRealMk thanks bro, I ended up replacing both batteries and the fuse box in the end it ended up being the damn secondary battery but atleast I got peace of mind knowing all 3 are new and good
@@Manny-117 I did all 3 on my 2017 Impala LT 2.5L Ecotec and now I'm getting a P0420 code wish me luck lol I'm glad you were able to figure it out though.
It’s a permanent code I believe. I *think* it has to be reset by a dealer or someone one with a special scan tool that a dealer has, that’s what I was told. Might be some truth to it,I have the same code