Hello again,
As some of you are aware, I have been suffering an electrical issue with my battery which causes my car to not start, or hesitate to start at times. Generally this occurs while using accesories if the car is off even for 30 seconds. I took the car down to the place the battery was purchased from and I was told that I had a parasitic power draw on the battery, which is why the battery operates almost completely discharged. Ok, so I don't want to take my car to the mechanic unless I have to, so I am looking for anyone who has had a similar issue and found the source so that I can check some simple stuff before shelling out the dough for someone else to do it. Here are some symptoms:
- When accesories are on and car is not, even for seconds, the car will not start at first, then after a couple minutes it hesitates and starts.
- I have a fuse which operates the cigarette lighter and power seat that continually blows or fails to operate, which can sometimes be fixed by pounding on the fuse box under the hood.
- I have a strange new pinging which I have been advised could be due to a fuel pump problem.
I think that ought to be enough info to start. I check this regularly so feel free to ask questions to help me diagnose this thing. Thanks!
EDIT: I think I solved it, the power seat switch was stuck in the down position which was probably the source of the draw, that or something else on that circuit.
As some of you are aware, I have been suffering an electrical issue with my battery which causes my car to not start, or hesitate to start at times. Generally this occurs while using accesories if the car is off even for 30 seconds. I took the car down to the place the battery was purchased from and I was told that I had a parasitic power draw on the battery, which is why the battery operates almost completely discharged. Ok, so I don't want to take my car to the mechanic unless I have to, so I am looking for anyone who has had a similar issue and found the source so that I can check some simple stuff before shelling out the dough for someone else to do it. Here are some symptoms:
- When accesories are on and car is not, even for seconds, the car will not start at first, then after a couple minutes it hesitates and starts.
- I have a fuse which operates the cigarette lighter and power seat that continually blows or fails to operate, which can sometimes be fixed by pounding on the fuse box under the hood.
- I have a strange new pinging which I have been advised could be due to a fuel pump problem.
I think that ought to be enough info to start. I check this regularly so feel free to ask questions to help me diagnose this thing. Thanks!
EDIT: I think I solved it, the power seat switch was stuck in the down position which was probably the source of the draw, that or something else on that circuit.