Hi all!
This is on my daughter's 99 with 220k.
No previous electrical issues.
She turned it off at work yesterday and noticed that the abs light stayed on. She didn't think much of it and went to work. 6 hours later, it was dead. After jumping and getting it home, I observed the following behavior
Key on, engine running, all appears normal.
Key on, engine off, all appears normal
Key on acc, abs light, dt running lights and heater fan remain on.
Key off and removed. Abs light, D light in dash, seat belt light, daytime running lights, heater fan remain on, and the door chime sounds and then stops, as if the key were on.
I opened the hood and the fuse box cover was not in place--we have had some significant rain in the past week. My daughter admits to driving through some puddles on the roads, but nothing off road.
She has had some intermittent wet carpet on the drivers side footwell from a blocked sunroof drain or a leaky Windshield, but it is pretty minimal.
I pulled several relays one at a time last night and pulling the ign relay under the hood shut everything off. This morning, the battery was dead, so while I figured out a way to address the symptoms, the voltage drain was still present. So far I have three suspects:
1.Ign switch
2.Water intrusion into the fuse box causing a short
3. Water intrusion into the kick panel causing a short.
Anybody else dealt with something like this or have any thoughts?
Thanks!
Dan
This is on my daughter's 99 with 220k.
No previous electrical issues.
She turned it off at work yesterday and noticed that the abs light stayed on. She didn't think much of it and went to work. 6 hours later, it was dead. After jumping and getting it home, I observed the following behavior
Key on, engine running, all appears normal.
Key on, engine off, all appears normal
Key on acc, abs light, dt running lights and heater fan remain on.
Key off and removed. Abs light, D light in dash, seat belt light, daytime running lights, heater fan remain on, and the door chime sounds and then stops, as if the key were on.
I opened the hood and the fuse box cover was not in place--we have had some significant rain in the past week. My daughter admits to driving through some puddles on the roads, but nothing off road.
She has had some intermittent wet carpet on the drivers side footwell from a blocked sunroof drain or a leaky Windshield, but it is pretty minimal.
I pulled several relays one at a time last night and pulling the ign relay under the hood shut everything off. This morning, the battery was dead, so while I figured out a way to address the symptoms, the voltage drain was still present. So far I have three suspects:
1.Ign switch
2.Water intrusion into the fuse box causing a short
3. Water intrusion into the kick panel causing a short.
Anybody else dealt with something like this or have any thoughts?
Thanks!
Dan
