No start with random warning lights

[Badlander1234]

So about 20 minutes ago I stopped at a gas station for gas and when I turn my car back on it didn't start. And about four warning lights came on. The first one was coolant over temperature warning even though it wasn't and I could clearly see the cooling temperature gauge was fine. The car been running fine and it hadn't been over temp before that and it's about 50° out. I'm in Phoenix. Also I saw parking aid was out and I believe two other ones that I didn't read. I should have taken a picture or video but basically I just turned it off and pressed the start button again and it started up fine and it started up fine two more times since then but I haven't had the body control module recall done because I had read in some places that people had just had more issues after it had been done but I want to rule that out so I'm going to go ahead and have it done. I just scheduled it for next week. Of course when I was planning to go do something.

But I think the real culprit is the battery because I've noticed when I've been camping that even just after like a day sometimes less than a day and not using the car for anything. It'll do that battery saver thing if it just sits for a little while, And then also whenever I was driving back from camping last night the voltage instead of reading like 14.7 on my volt gauge it was reading 15 and then 15.1 which is too high but not scary high. But yeah so I'm pretty sure it's just my battery going and it was messing with some of the sensors especially with the cold but I want to rule that out with that stupid recall first because I'm still paying for my dogs surgery for like one more paycheck.

But basically even if it seems fine as soon as I can I'm going to buy a new battery and I'm going to get an optima red top because that's what I always do when my batteries fail and they're out of warranty and I can't get them replaced for free because they're just better and I've never had an issue with one and I camp alone too often to have battery issues.

Sorry so to get to the point of it has this happened to anyone else? And if it did, did you continue to have issues and if so what did you do and did it get fixed?

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[Ksnau]

Yeah it should be within 3 years. I only got it in March of 2023. I just don't want it to keep happening, but it almost seems like getting the optima isn't the guarantee that it used to be so I have enough points for one more free oil change. I might have them see if they'll replace it, although if AutoZone's test said it was still good. I don't know if they will but I guess it's worth a try. I got about 2,000 mi until my next oil change so I guess as long as I don't have any more issues I'll wait it out. So far it's been good but I also drive it everyday so it usually doesn't have much chance to drain down. It's usually just on the longer camping trips when it goes more than 12 hours without running