# 2016 RAM 1500 - Same bad result twice **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ram\ **Created:** [November 27, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-ram-1500-same-bad-result-twice/129686 "2018-11-27T03:12:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chrisbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@chrisbrown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chrisbrown)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-ram-1500-same-bad-result-twice/129686/1 "2018-11-27T03:12:49Z")
Left the radio on while cleaning the inside of the truck, battery died, ended up jumping it then replacing it because the truck wouldn’t hold a charge.Dealer said they couldn’t a problem but truck now works ?? Now for the second time a new battery died while playing music, again jumped the battery and again it will not hold a charge. New battery is 4 months old Is anyone else having these type of issues??? This is only happening when it the battery dies and when you jump that it doesn’t hold a charge 2016 4x4 laramie ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-ram-1500-same-bad-result-twice/129686/2 "2018-11-27T14:47:45Z")
Twice you ran the battery down with the radio and twice you had to replace the battery. Don’t you think that is a hint?? How long did you run the truck each time it needed a jump? If it wasn’t at least 30 to 45 minutes, then no wonder the battery wouldn’t “hold” a charge, it never got a full charge Normally, that wouldn’t be a problem but this truck doesn’t seem to want to recharge a fully depleted battery with the alternator. The truck may be protecting the alternator from an overly large current draw. Maybe if you’d recharge the battery with a charger instead of the truck, the battery would be OK. In any event, stop running the battery down with the radio unless you want to keep replacing batteries.