Writing the rest of my repair story in case it helps someone. I had initially towed my car to a local mechanic. The car stayed there more than 2 weeks, during this time I had several phone calls about the repair status. The mechanic only mumbled about the error codes but they couldn't detect the ...

Follow the red cables to where you will find 2 connector blocks close to the REM under the removable foam corner pad. Check the connector blocks on the red cables for corrosion.


Very good guess precopster, you are right! I checked and saw that actually the red plastic covering cables lost its ...

abscate thanks for the message.

3amp reading was when I disconnect the negative wire to the battery and place the ammeter in between.

Today when I put double checked the fuses. I tested each cable connection above. Total drain was 5.60amp. Below are each readings. Looks like the last one ...

precopster thank you so much for the information. I couldn't try as now seems even bigger problems with the car.

Today when I removed all fuses and relays at the same time, the current drain dropped to 0.2amp. I had to remove the fuses together (not one at a time) to detect the ones that are ...

I think I will deal with SRS message later since now I even can't start the car. But I got my lesson about procrastinating the issue.

I couldn't locate the red cable to the alternator. Alternator is difficult to reach in XC90. However, there are two red cables connected in the engine fuse ...

It is 3.2L 6 cylinder model.
Yes, it is a lot of current which drains battery in a few hours.
I already got an SRS Airbag error message. I was thinking this is because I forgot to put back one of the fuses...
(I havent played with the "fuses by the battery"). Is that a bad news?

I will try to ...

Hello all,
I have a 2007 XC90, which is draining about 3amp when car is turned off. After few hours, car doesn't start without a jump start. I tested the current draw before and after removing each fuse (and the relays in the engine fuse-box). Still draining the same amount regardless.

I want to ...