# 98 LeSabre Chime Error Help, Drained Battery **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** lesabre, buick\ **Created:** [August 6, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-lesabre-chime-error-help-drained-battery/185670 "2022-08-06T12:12:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Untouchablz\_181847](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a4c791/32.png) [@Untouchablz\_181847](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Untouchablz_181847)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-lesabre-chime-error-help-drained-battery/185670/1 "2022-08-06T12:12:10Z")
Hello, My Lesabre 3.8L started chiming as if I have the key still in the ignition when I turn the car off. The next day my battery was drained. I hear a small ticking sound near the console where you control AC and radio when the key is not even inserted. When I press the brake pedal the sound stopped. I have been experiencing intermittent issues with the power locks before this happened. Any and all help or advice would be appreciated. I already towed it to my mechanic. He is struggling to diagnose this it seems as it has been there for a couple days. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-lesabre-chime-error-help-drained-battery/185670/2 "2022-08-06T13:38:09Z")
> [@Untouchablz\_181847](#): > > I already towed it to my mechanic. He is struggling to diagnose this it seems as it has been there for a couple days. Given this… and this… > [@Untouchablz\_181847](#): > > Any and all help or advice would be appreciated. The best advice I can give is you need to find a better mechanic. One that is well versed in electrical work. Expect to pay for his time finding the problem. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-lesabre-chime-error-help-drained-battery/185670/3 "2022-08-06T14:15:50Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > you need to find a better mechanic. One that is well versed in electrical work. Expect to pay for his time finding the problem. +1 The OP’s problems sound to me like a failing _Body Control Module_, but–from afar–I might be no closer to a correct diagnosis than the OP’s struggling mechanic was. ---
**Author:** ![Untouchablz\_181847](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a4c791/32.png) [@Untouchablz\_181847](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Untouchablz_181847)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-lesabre-chime-error-help-drained-battery/185670/5 "2022-08-06T19:15:41Z")
Thanks VDC is body control module something found near the dash area where the ticking sound I am hearing is coming from? The spot where the radio and AC controls are? I also read on some similar posts that this can be ABS related, or even just a short somewhere on something else. Hoping I get this resolved, car has only 84k miles…dont want to buy another car right now. Thanks for your input! ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-lesabre-chime-error-help-drained-battery/185670/6 "2022-08-06T19:30:46Z")
There’s probably an issue with the body control module. > **[\*98 99 BUICK LESABRE Chassis Brain Box Body Control BCM COMPUTER MODULE | eBay](https://www.ebay.com/itm/254370440152)** > > LESABRE 1998. Make / ModelBUICK LESABRE. Tester ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-lesabre-chime-error-help-drained-battery/185670/7 "2022-08-06T22:59:44Z")
OP’s shop should also consider faulty ignition switch. Not uncommon on a 24 year old vehicle, esp considering the battery draining symptom.