In many aspects of life things are not always what they seem. It’s no different when it comes to ATS-Vs. Recently, we had an ATS-V in the shop that kept killing the battery and the customer diagnosed that the alternator had failed.
An annoyance no doubt, but upon further inspection we found there was more to the story. As it turned out, the alternator was in fact providing the necessary charge to the battery. However, these cars have the battery in the trunk and therefore need to send power all the way to the engine bay. For additional safeguarding in the process, there is a fuse block atop the battery of which there is a 350A mega fuse. We found this fuse had blown, so the connection of power between the battery and charging system had failed.
We replaced the 350A mega fuse and this ATS-V began properly charging the battery properly once again. It just goes to show, there can always be more to the story!
#TapoutTakeover #WontTap #UnderPromiseOverDeliver #BreakRecordsNotParts
