danZman Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 2 days ago, I had my aftermarket CD player and the dash all out to install a double din > single din facia adapter. Reinstalled everything, tested everything, all good. Since then, the 3 times I have had to start my car have become increasingly difficult. When this morning, it finally gave up and the starter motor just wurred a few times before failing. Sounds like when I reinstalled the CD player, somehow ive shorted something and its slowly draining the battery overnight and during the day when I am at work. Is this possible or am I going down the wrong road? cheers Quote
Andy Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Is there a possibility that you have used a permanent live instead of an ignition live somewhere and something (headunit maybe) is staying on when the car is off, hence draining the battery?? Quote
danZman Posted March 9, 2010 Author Posted March 9, 2010 That would make sence, but I only disconnected the ISO adapter (mines an import) and then plugged it back in. Theres alot of things back there though. My alarm, my bluetooth car mobile phone detector thingy, cd player and the other wiring looms. Quote
Andy Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Yeah, things can get a bit cramped behind there! Have you had the unit out again to see if there is anything obvious? Might be worth getting a meter on the battery as well when the car is running/not running to see if it is charging ok. Quote
danZman Posted March 9, 2010 Author Posted March 9, 2010 Im going to try tonight when I get home, im pretty sure its going to be something stupid. Just going to check the connections, wrap everything in electrical tape, jump it and take it for a cruise and see what happens. It has got to be something wrong inside there, its just a electrical nightmare Quote
Andy Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Electrical faults can be a pain to track down! Seems too much of a coincidence that since the headunit has gone in you are having issues though. Good luck with it Quote
danZman Posted March 9, 2010 Author Posted March 9, 2010 Cheers mate, im sure you will be hearing from me tomorrow. Quote
Rob_Quads Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Take the head unit out again and leave it out for a few days and see if the problem still occurs. Quote
Chris`I Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Take the head unit out again and leave it out for a few days and see if the problem still occurs. +1 easy way of seeing if thats the cause. Quote
danZman Posted March 12, 2010 Author Posted March 12, 2010 Fixed. The ignition live for my I/O bluetooth phone connector jobby thing had disconnected. Which was always on. This would explain why my phone wasn't working properly as it was using my car as the designated headset when I was inside my house. Quite funny really as people walking past my car would hear a conversation that consisted of Hello? Hello? Hello? with no-one in the car! Reconnected. Happy days. Thanks for your help people Quote
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