Hi Folks,
Got a bit of a mystery on my hands and it's so far left 2 RAC techs and a local garage absolutely baffled.
10 Days ago I bought a used 2004 Ford Fiesta 1.4 TCDI, drove great, everything worked great, smelt nice so of course I bought it happy as larry.
Suddenly one morning without warning the battery was completely flat, thinking i'd maybe just left a light on I called the RAC for a jump and a quick diagnostic test. Ended up forking out £130 for a swanky big ol' silver calcium battery, the one in the car was a dinky little lion battery that clearly wasnt fit for purpose. RAC didn't detect any abnormal battery drain (apparently) so bosh, a blip on my otherwise perfect little new car, onwards to glory.
2 Days later, dead battery again, RAC comes back out, jumps, tests, suddenly there's a 1Amp drain on the battery after 45 mins of the car being completely switched off.
Whipped out the ol' multi meter and started pulling fuses to see what was causing such a drain and I noticed something pretty odd ...
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Here's the fuse box diagram on the back of my glove box, note top left of the diagram, slot R10, battery saver - you'll notice the actual relay module is missing on my car
Oddly all of my interior lights / clock / displays all work as they should even with this missing
Could this be the cause of my mystery drain? I've pulled most of the fuses out and nothing seems to stop this drain
Has anyone ever come across something like this before? Any help / advice or similar stories would be greatly appreciated
Got a bit of a mystery on my hands and it's so far left 2 RAC techs and a local garage absolutely baffled.
10 Days ago I bought a used 2004 Ford Fiesta 1.4 TCDI, drove great, everything worked great, smelt nice so of course I bought it happy as larry.
Suddenly one morning without warning the battery was completely flat, thinking i'd maybe just left a light on I called the RAC for a jump and a quick diagnostic test. Ended up forking out £130 for a swanky big ol' silver calcium battery, the one in the car was a dinky little lion battery that clearly wasnt fit for purpose. RAC didn't detect any abnormal battery drain (apparently) so bosh, a blip on my otherwise perfect little new car, onwards to glory.
2 Days later, dead battery again, RAC comes back out, jumps, tests, suddenly there's a 1Amp drain on the battery after 45 mins of the car being completely switched off.
Whipped out the ol' multi meter and started pulling fuses to see what was causing such a drain and I noticed something pretty odd ...
https://Upload the image directly to the thread.com/a/UbKedd5
Here's the fuse box diagram on the back of my glove box, note top left of the diagram, slot R10, battery saver - you'll notice the actual relay module is missing on my car
Oddly all of my interior lights / clock / displays all work as they should even with this missing
Could this be the cause of my mystery drain? I've pulled most of the fuses out and nothing seems to stop this drain
Has anyone ever come across something like this before? Any help / advice or similar stories would be greatly appreciated