ford focus electrical problem

jordo76

hi guys
i have a 07 ford focus 1.4L at the moment which has a draw from the battery i did a test which shows that there is a 1.1A drain on the battery, i checked the usual like the boot light staying, glove box light staying on, bonnet switch down and interieriour light are all off

was just wondering if there is anybody that might know of any other faults there might be im at a loss here

thanks for looking

jordo76

crosshair1

How long after locking the car are you measuring this?
Pulling fuses would be the next step and see what circuit is at fault

jordo76

hi crosshair1

the car doors were not locked and the battery was disconnected during this test

thanks again

jordo76

ford jedi

does your car have keyless entry? and is it just draining the battery over night or not charging

johnayo

jordo76 wrote: »

hi crosshair1

the car doors were not locked and the battery was disconnected during this test

thanks again

jordo76

Just wondering, how are you checking a battery drain with the battery disconnected.

Onwardandupwar

johnayo wrote: »

jordo76 wrote: »

hi crosshair1

the car doors were not locked and the battery was disconnected during this test

thanks again

jordo76

Just wondering, how are you checking a battery drain with the battery disconnected.

I presume he means he has the meter connected in series lads. Seen as he said he was getting a draw of 1.1 amp which is quite high.leave the car for approx 17 mins after hut down to make sure all modules are asleep. Then one by one pull fuses to see which area the drain is coming from.do u have any aftermarket parts on the car like hands free kits aftermarket xenon lights gps ect ect. If you have no after market parts fitted and can't find the drain. Had a few cars lately which have the diodes in the altenator drawing the current

jordo76

hi ford jedi

yea it is a keyless entry and also the alternator is charging the batter if gives out 14.1V at the battery, over the last 2 weeks the battery got worse, gave up monday 2 weeks ago got 3 days out of her then dead, jumped it then got 2 days out of it than went to 1 day then not holding any charge at all, every time the car was turned off the battery would die so first i checked the alternator and got the 14.1v as above so i tought it needed a new battery so i through a new 1 in today and did a voltage drop test which showed up with a drop, i checked the usuall suspects and found nothing and i don't fancy going through each and every fuse to find the circut its on, any other ideas would be greatly appreciated

thanks again


jordo76

CarrickMcJoe

+1 on keyless entry, I have a 1.6 07 focus and battery drained overnight. Took it to garage and they replaced the key barrel in the steering column.
Said it can be a problem with them.

ford jedi

yeah its a handy one,;) the micro switch is gone in you ignition assembly,, ur need a new one , handy job , think ford charge around 360 euro for it roughly very common to keyles entry model

jordo76

ok guys thats all great info thanks but ford can go and s*it for 360euro, ford jedi when you say hand job on a scale of 1 - 10 where would it be and also is there a test i can do before shelling out that sort of readys for it and also in that price dose include labour

cheers again

jordo76