QuestionBattery(NEW) drains after apox 15 hours, not enough to start. Blinkers and windows are still functional even when the key is off or out of the ignition.Electric Door locks dont work(just incase there a link to this problem)I use them manually which is fine.
AnswerHi Gary,
There may be two (or more) things wrong here. First, the turn-signal blinker and power windows should not be working when the ignition is off (the emergency blinkers of course should work).
This suggests to me that either the ignition switch is faulty or there is some short in the wiring that is providing power to fuse #9 in the junction block (the fuse box behind the left end-cap of the dash). So check out both pins of that fuse's socket: both should be 'cold' when the ignition switch is off, so if that is not the case, remove the fuse and see if only one is 'hot' when the switch is off and if the blinkers now do or don't work without the fuse. Let me know which and we'll go from there (either the ignition switch or a short). The short maybe in the area of the combo flasher unit but let us see.
The door locks share power with the low beam headlamp relay, so if you have low beams the common fuse D in the powerbox under the hood is OK. Otherwise, check that fuse. They are operated by the body control module that needs fuses 7,14,16,18,19 in the dash and fuse M under the hood, so check all those out.
My suspicion is that your ignition switch is faulty, and that you could check by removing the screw on the tilt lever, removing the lever, remove the steering column upper and lower shround (screws underneathe the column), then going to the plug for the ignition switch and find the black/orange wire on pin 10 which should be cold except in the 'run' position (check that out with fuse 9 removed). If it is hot then the switch is bad or the wire is shorted. Pull the plug from the switch and see if the switch pin is hot or the wire is hot, when they are separated.
Let me know what you find.
Roland
