3200 GTA Italian electrickery

[Tompelli]

Had the car at the dealers, trying to see if I could find a reason for dead batteries (or at least the symptoms of a dead battery). The attached photo from the diagnostic computer has them stumped. Every 25 seconds or so, something draws 800+mamps & also the bottom line activity isn't "normal". No tracker fitted according to dealer & Cobra, all suggestions welcome.

 

[CatmanV2]

Start pulling fuses one at a time...

C

 

[davy83]

alarm? my car has a Toad alarm fitted and it sits pulsing away, pulses the little LED in the centre console all the time? i just leave my car with a C-TEK charger all the time, the battery only lasts about 2 weeks otherwise.

 

[allandwf]

How about an electric seat motor? Maybe not enough current for this, but might be trying to go back to a position and can't as it is faulty. It does look like something doing a check, as Davy said most likely an alarm, and as C said a process of elimination required.

 

[CatmanV2]

I'd have thought a motor would draw > 800mA, but the electronics, perhaps.....

C

 

[Contigo]

Yep as C states the only real way of diagnosing this is to pull a fuse one at a time to determine what it causing the parasitic drain.

 

[davy83]

be aware however the fuse for my alarm is not in any of the main fuse panels (naturally) so you may be able to pull all the obvious fuses out and it will still be drawing current, which in itself would direct you to an alarm i think.