Good Afternoon
I had a parasitic drain back in the fall of 2022, was told it was the bcm, got one had a technician come and program it, didn't work tried various things. Ultimately I put a kill switch on and one day voila drain was gone. Back in mid March the car hadn't been driven for a few weeks, dead. Oh well, I thought no driving killed the battery. Got it running then a few weeks later dead again.
Bought a new battery, almost dead in two days. Got the multimeter out and there's roughly 2.0 amps of drain. I can hear a click under the wiper cowl and it spikes to 2.5 then slowly drops, click spikes again. Currently have a manual kill switch on it.
I pulled fuse 18, drain gone. I noticed when I pull the key out that there is no audible click like in my other car that still has a physical key. The steering wheel also doesn't lock up when trying to turn it with no key. Could the keys be worn so much that they don't fully shut the car off or could it possibly be the lock cylinder not fully closing so the car is never fully asleep? I have pulled a bunch of fuses, taken the radio and sync screen off.
Can anyone chime in that still has a flex with a key as to whether or not there is an audible noise when pulling the key out?
It's a 2013 sel with almost 130000 miles.
Thanks for any help
I had a parasitic drain back in the fall of 2022, was told it was the bcm, got one had a technician come and program it, didn't work tried various things. Ultimately I put a kill switch on and one day voila drain was gone. Back in mid March the car hadn't been driven for a few weeks, dead. Oh well, I thought no driving killed the battery. Got it running then a few weeks later dead again.
Bought a new battery, almost dead in two days. Got the multimeter out and there's roughly 2.0 amps of drain. I can hear a click under the wiper cowl and it spikes to 2.5 then slowly drops, click spikes again. Currently have a manual kill switch on it.
I pulled fuse 18, drain gone. I noticed when I pull the key out that there is no audible click like in my other car that still has a physical key. The steering wheel also doesn't lock up when trying to turn it with no key. Could the keys be worn so much that they don't fully shut the car off or could it possibly be the lock cylinder not fully closing so the car is never fully asleep? I have pulled a bunch of fuses, taken the radio and sync screen off.
Can anyone chime in that still has a flex with a key as to whether or not there is an audible noise when pulling the key out?
It's a 2013 sel with almost 130000 miles.
Thanks for any help