jwei
04-12-2013, 09:03 PM
So heres my problem:
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My battery seems to be dying like crazy, I hooked up a multimeter today and it shows a draw of 200 MA when the doors are unlocked, and 270MA~ when locked. I have an aftermarket stereo installed as well as remote started put in place (from different places) but I've disconnected the fuse for the audio system, immobilizer and the parasitic drain was still there.
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Last year this time, my alarm kept randomly going off so I disconnected my hood latch alarm and that stopped it but I believe it prevents it from going into sleep mode which *may* be causing the drain. I've checked out a few friends' Mazdas (this is 04-08's) and none of them have it which makes me curious as to how to disable it/why they arent experiencing the drain/whether its related to the remote starter/alarm install. Also, my key fobs are all dead so I've been just manually using the key to enter the car.
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SO, I think I have two options:
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a) replace the hood latch module, hope that the drain is fixed (approx cost $100~).
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b) possibly go to a more reputable/different alarm installer and get a new remote starter installed and get them hopefully to look over everything to make sure its working (approx cost $140~...not sure if they'll be able to get the drain fixed/charge more for removal of the old one but on the plus side I'll get new fobs?).
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My current system is a Viper 5902, so it cost almost $400 when I had it installed:S. I think i'll just get a basic model (one way) to sub in since I realized I don't need all the fancy features.
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Any advice/input/help is greatly appreciated (please to chime in)! I know its a lot of text so thanks in advance for reading/helping (I typed it via phone so hopefully its not too hard to read)!
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My battery seems to be dying like crazy, I hooked up a multimeter today and it shows a draw of 200 MA when the doors are unlocked, and 270MA~ when locked. I have an aftermarket stereo installed as well as remote started put in place (from different places) but I've disconnected the fuse for the audio system, immobilizer and the parasitic drain was still there.
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Last year this time, my alarm kept randomly going off so I disconnected my hood latch alarm and that stopped it but I believe it prevents it from going into sleep mode which *may* be causing the drain. I've checked out a few friends' Mazdas (this is 04-08's) and none of them have it which makes me curious as to how to disable it/why they arent experiencing the drain/whether its related to the remote starter/alarm install. Also, my key fobs are all dead so I've been just manually using the key to enter the car.
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SO, I think I have two options:
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a) replace the hood latch module, hope that the drain is fixed (approx cost $100~).
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b) possibly go to a more reputable/different alarm installer and get a new remote starter installed and get them hopefully to look over everything to make sure its working (approx cost $140~...not sure if they'll be able to get the drain fixed/charge more for removal of the old one but on the plus side I'll get new fobs?).
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My current system is a Viper 5902, so it cost almost $400 when I had it installed:S. I think i'll just get a basic model (one way) to sub in since I realized I don't need all the fancy features.
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Any advice/input/help is greatly appreciated (please to chime in)! I know its a lot of text so thanks in advance for reading/helping (I typed it via phone so hopefully its not too hard to read)!
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