Been dealing with this for 9 months. Have to drive the car 20 minutes every day or get nothing but starter clicks. I plan on buying a digital multimeter and pulling fuses one at a time. This problem started basically at the same time that the BRAKE, ABS, and TRAC lights all came on. They’ve been on …

Decided to go back to both Autozone and Advance to have them check the battery and charging system. Both places told me the battery and alternator were fine, and no codes. But Advance told me that he couldn’t read any reserve capacity and also that there was some mystery electrical issue on the li…

[image] DJ44: But also couldn’t tell me what was wrong, where to look and no codes. Told me I had to go to the GMC dealer. So just fed up. What were you expecting from an auto parts clerk? You need an auto technician to diagnose the vehicle’s problems.

[image] Nevada_545: What were you expecting from an auto parts clerk? You need an auto technician to diagnose the vehicle’s problems. I wouldn’t trust an auto parts clerk to fix a sandwich, much less a car.

[image] DJ44: But also couldn’t tell me what was wrong, where to look and no codes 2 things - 1. Corporate may not want their store clerks saying things that might not be correct just to avoid customer being upset because they were wrong. 2 . Stop messing around and have a real shop fix you…

I expect to stay within the parameters I have to work within and I expect not to easily find an auto technician who will help for free. I also expect the Maintenance and Repair forum on Cartalk.com to have suggestions other than “you need an auto technician”. Do you also spend time on medical questi…

With little progress made during the last 6 weeks, I am not optimistic about your ability to remedy this problem.

[image] DJ44: I expect not to easily find an auto technician who will help for free Does that mean you expect to find one at all? Why would anyone work for free? I suggest you spend quite a bit of time on YouTube and find out what you need and how to properly do a parasitic draw test and loc…

[image] lion9car: If your battery is 60 Ah and you draw 3 A, then the battery will be dead in about 20 hours. A 3 A draw on your battery with the car turned off, parked for a couple hours with doors locked, you’ve almost surely discovered the cause of your dead battery after 24 hours. Whil…

Since I can’t get the low-profile J-case fuses out without breaking them - is there a way to measure voltage drop in these fuses like in normal blade fuses? It is probably a module not going to sleep anyway so I don’t think the pulling fuses method would find the problem.

I’ve got some of those types of fuses in my Corolla. I’ve been able to pop the plastic top off to access the fuse element without much difficulty. I’ve never tried to measure the voltage drop across the fuse element though. One idea, a fuse w/3A going through it would create a significant magneti…

Battery dies every 24 hours

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