Battery drain and horn won't stop
03-18-2005, 12:43 AM
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Battery drain and horn won't stop
I have a 95 max and here's the prob...
The horn has been going off by it self and won't stop. This has been intermittant for a couple of months now. It got to a point where I just unplugged it. However now it has developed a drain. With the cold upstate NY weather and the short somewhere, the battery is usually dead by daylight. For reference I have a Optima bluetop that has been in there for about 10 months.
Should I start with the horn and how should i track down this gremlin...
The horn has been going off by it self and won't stop. This has been intermittant for a couple of months now. It got to a point where I just unplugged it. However now it has developed a drain. With the cold upstate NY weather and the short somewhere, the battery is usually dead by daylight. For reference I have a Optima bluetop that has been in there for about 10 months.
Should I start with the horn and how should i track down this gremlin...
03-18-2005, 04:53 AM
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Have you tried a new battery? Checked all your ground connections? Also, when did you start having battery problems? Is your battery sitting properly on a niece piece of plastic? Do you have it tied down? When you said you unplugged your horn, how did you do that?
03-18-2005, 06:14 AM
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No i haven't tried a new battery, the optima is still farely new.
I have checked the connections into the posts of the battery.
I started to have these problems about 3-4 months ago.
The battery is sitting on the OEM plastic tray.
I do not have the battery tied down.
And I unplugged the wire going into the horn located directly behind the grill, the horn in the engine bay does not seem to work.
I have checked the connections into the posts of the battery.
I started to have these problems about 3-4 months ago.
The battery is sitting on the OEM plastic tray.
I do not have the battery tied down.
And I unplugged the wire going into the horn located directly behind the grill, the horn in the engine bay does not seem to work.
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