Parasitic drain??

[mikal83]

Left the car standing all winter then charged the battery , was fine but went dead after 2 weeks. Tested battery and was just over 12v, dead. bought a new battery installed it and with not starting it, dead after a week? Charged battery and did a parasitic drain test and its drawing 0.73 amps. Frunk light disconnected, key out, doors shut, no lights on. One funny thing, the remote central locking decided not to work, the fob flashes, the dashtop light flashes but nada else??? I haven't put the code back into radio, should I? its sunny, its 16.5 degrees c.....I wanna go out.....

edit. I should add the ignition switch is quite stiff and you have to make sure its fully anti clockwise b4 it can be removed...!

Edited by mikal83 on Wednesday 20th April 13:15

[mikal83]

Cheers Dave.

[mikal83]

have disconnected everything, locked the frunk, doors etc but still a .073amp drain !

[mikal83]

Thnx Guys. 9 am nowish and still reading 730 ma, so after a cuppa its start pulling fuses etc. car has regular radio, nothing new, alternator sounds difficult just knowing where it isn't!

[mikal83]

Al fuses pulled 1 by 1 in the footwell, nothing. BUT the remote CL isn't working. Keyfob light flashes, dashtop light flashes but that's it............? Car doors lock from the center dash switch fine, led on. Locking the car manually I get 1 beep.

Follow up. Lock the car manually, BUT fuel cap stays unlocked as does passenger door?

Edited by mikal83 on Thursday 21st April 14:32

Edited by mikal83 on Thursday 21st April 14:54

[mikal83]

Lemon yella RS said:

you have possibly put a fuse back in the wrong slot ? i'd check that the fuse for the central locking is where it's supposed to be?

they were

[mikal83]

Bennachie said:

Tracker.....

There is one, apparently but where and what fuses it runs off I have no idea.

[mikal83]

Fixed, bad ign S/W and sticking micro S/W in the tunnel compartment.