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1996 850 turbo battery drain

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1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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Re: 1996 850 turbo battery drain

Post by erikv11 »

Muhley wrote:new symptoms! I was driving today and there is a faint chime, no interior lights come on and I know i put it all back together right haha
This is classic behavior for a bad door latch microswitch. Just throwing that out there.
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
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gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k

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Post by Muhley »

Update!
I got the new symptoms sorted out, they were my own stupid fault... I forgot to plug the fuses back in haha :lol: I also had an electrician friend come over and he confirmed that the central locking relay was the cause of the drain coming from fuse 6, so off to the junk yard for a new relay. Finally he thought that a bare wire might be shorting fuse 15 and that's why its draining and no lights are on. If that is the cause i'm guessing its something with the door wire harnesses. i wont get much of a chance to test things the next couple days but ill update soon.

Thanks for the support guys! :D

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Post by scot850 »

You don't have a Volvo garage door opener in the sun visor do you? That was the draw I had with one of my V70's. The unit was shorted and constantly running. Replaced with a regular visor and all was well.

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Post by Muhley »

No I just have a regular visor but I could see something similar to that draining it.

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Post by abscate »

Bumping this topic for the drain problem on Evita for reference

Note, author was probably reporting milliamperes drains not micro amp
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