Battery drain.

[Beast5500]

My battery is draining itself within 2-3 days of sitting. is there anything on these cars that is pretty common to go bad and pull current?

 

[Kyle_T]

Do a parasitic draw test.

 

[Squirrel82]

Door locks do.

 

[Rsawd95dsm]

Could also be a bad battery as well

 

[Beast5500]

The battery is a red top pulled from my old car. so i know the battery is good.

The door locks are a known flaw? which component in particular is the failure point?

my lock system is hooked up to a viper system... which i kind of have my worries about.

it seems as though it would have to be a fairly large current draw to drain a 1000 CA battery in as little as 2 days.. no?

 

[DSM1G90]

Disconnect the alarm system and see if that cures the problem.

 

[DaddyDizzum]

I remember in a 1995 ecplise GST I worked on had a massive draw on the battery that would drain within 1-2 days of sitting. Turns out it was a relay underneath the passenger side dash it was a goldish colored relay similar to the color of the DSM ECU case, sorry I dont remember the part number to the relay or what it did exactly but when I replaced it, the problem was eliminated. Do you ever hear a buzzing sound with the key in the on position?

 

[gusu]

Do a parasitic draw test.

This is the only thing you need to know until you locate the problem.

Do the test and let us know the results.

 

[Squirrel82]

The door lock motors go bad causing them to jam up mid cycle.It would take two days sitting to kill the battery when the drivers one went.But if theyre working normally its something else.

 

[Beast5500]

ok, ill run the test and see what i find. i totally forgot about doing a test for where the draw is... i feel stupid

 

[elterror]

Did you resolve the problem?? I am having a similar problem!