Doing the regular stuff, disconnect negative cable, run meter between negative post and negative cable, pull fuses, ends up being a dome, license plate light, potpourri of circuits, sadly including the instrument panel lights. So leaving the fuse out means no view of the speedometer at night. So I go and unplug wiring from the rear door, disconnect the leads going into the headliner for the dome lights, lose some of the drain, but not all. I will just say with my meter it is reading 9.0 doors closed, 9.8 wihth a door open(autosensing meter). So that would mean the drain is some chaffed wire going to the connector, right? Its not enough to blow the fuse, but enough to drain the battery dead if you do not start the car for 2 days. I have had plenty of drains start at the alternator, I disconnected the positive at the alternator and still got the drain.
I replaced the ignition switch thinking that stupid passkey junk was a problem since I showed a 79% battery charge and the car would not start, but this gremlin is a good one. For a second I unplug something, it goes away, then close up the panel and check again and its back.
This is our 03 chevy tracker we like to have for the winter. Just trying to get around bringing the battery inside on really cold nights or reconnecting the ground clamp every morning when its just cold. I have seen kits to swap LED's for domes, saying there are 2 courtesy lamps for the doors and one for the trunk, but I have never seen those. For a time, the rear dome light stayed lit so for a while it was just leaving that bulb out, but the car was mostly driven every day in better weather so it could have always been there..
I replaced the ignition switch thinking that stupid passkey junk was a problem since I showed a 79% battery charge and the car would not start, but this gremlin is a good one. For a second I unplug something, it goes away, then close up the panel and check again and its back.
This is our 03 chevy tracker we like to have for the winter. Just trying to get around bringing the battery inside on really cold nights or reconnecting the ground clamp every morning when its just cold. I have seen kits to swap LED's for domes, saying there are 2 courtesy lamps for the doors and one for the trunk, but I have never seen those. For a time, the rear dome light stayed lit so for a while it was just leaving that bulb out, but the car was mostly driven every day in better weather so it could have always been there..
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