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Something is draining my battery, please help me?
I have a 96 Acura Integra, I've had this problem for a couple months now. So, something is draining my battery and I have no clue what it is. Electronic wise everything is stock except for the stereo and aftermarket alarm. I've disconnect the alarm and radio, but the battery still gets drained. I took the battery to AUTOZONE to charge it and test it and they say the battery is still good, same with SEARS. The battery is a DIEHARD GOLD. I purchase it last year. So any advise will really be helpful. I was wondering if it has anything to do with my ground wire from the battery to the chassis of the car, cause i switch the wire to a 0 awg wire cause i use to have a big system until I had this problem so I took it out and I still continue to have this problem. OH yeah I started to pull out fuses that had 12v to see if I could find the source of the draining but I couldn't find it.
7 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
With car electrics, it could be anything. The same thing has happened to me on a couple of cars I've had in the past. On one occasion , it was that I had a faulty switch on the door and the lights were staying on, when the door was shut. On another, I had a faulty coil and the battery was shorting through that. You need to take it to a garage, as it's hard to pinpoint without being there to test it.
- Kyle JLv 51 decade ago
A drain on the battery can be hell to find sometimes. Check and make sure the light in the glove box or trunk are not staying on even when closed.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Any faulty light switch in the cabin, hood or trunk will drain a battery in no time. A faulty diode or voltage regulator in an alternator will do the same thing.
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- the_boy_toyLv 71 decade ago
Whatever you disconnected, you forgot something. You must have upgraded some wire or fuse that is now draining the wire.
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- 1 decade ago
Get a test light and check all of your fuses and relays to see what ones should have power at all times to make sure they are. And see what ones have power that are not suppose to have power at all times. with the key off
- ?Lv 61 decade ago
check the car at night for lights staying on, brakes, back up, trunk, interior, and under the hood.
