Re: [DML] battery drain/gauges

[Les Huckins <jhuckins@xxxx>]

Just had the same problem, had my car less than a month. You need to pull
the nearest battery cable and put a meter in series to monitor current drain
with everything off. Mine was doing it because the door lights were staying
on when closed. I pulled the number 12 fuse (courtesy lights) and the drain
stopped until I could figure out the why. The why turned out to be an after
market alarm system that was grounding my lights outside of the switch. Your
problem is probably different but the procedure would be the same, check for
current drain with everything off...you can pull the number 12 fuse and leave
all of your doors etc. open while you check to see what's wrong.

Very unlikely that gages would be involved.

Les

eurojet@xxxx wrote:

> I am finding that when I don't drive my D and let it set for two
> weeks that I need to jump start it. I have an Interstate battery
> which is pretty new. My other cars don't have this problem. Also,
> when I shut off the key some of my guages don't settle all the way
> into their resting positions. Should they all go down or do some stay
> up like the fuel gauge and tach? Sometimes they'll go down all the
> way and then go back up. Could they be draining the battery in these
> positions? What's normal? How do I fix it?
> Fil Vigil
> 6232
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