Hi,
I have a 2002 Fiat Punto 1.2 Active Sport that drains the battery every 10-14 days. And I was wondering whether anyone could help me out.
I have a 6 month old battery which has been tested as well as a brand new alternator. I have tested both of these and found them to be working.
I have disconnected my aftermarket cd player and the problem still persists. I have left the CD player disconnected.
I disconnected the positive on the battery and tested the amps and found the battery drain to be 190 milliamps / 0.19 amps (far higher than the recommended 0.03 - 0.06).
I started taking fuses out of the fuse box by the steering column and the only fuse that had an effect was F53. When I took this fuse out the drain dropped from 190 milliamps to 60 milliamps.
According to the Haynes Manual Fuse F53 is "Hazard warning lights, direction indicators, instrument cluster".
Now that I have narrowed it down to this I was wondering if anyone knew what I could do to fix this problem.
Thanks very much.
I have a 2002 Fiat Punto 1.2 Active Sport that drains the battery every 10-14 days. And I was wondering whether anyone could help me out.
I have a 6 month old battery which has been tested as well as a brand new alternator. I have tested both of these and found them to be working.
I have disconnected my aftermarket cd player and the problem still persists. I have left the CD player disconnected.
I disconnected the positive on the battery and tested the amps and found the battery drain to be 190 milliamps / 0.19 amps (far higher than the recommended 0.03 - 0.06).
I started taking fuses out of the fuse box by the steering column and the only fuse that had an effect was F53. When I took this fuse out the drain dropped from 190 milliamps to 60 milliamps.
According to the Haynes Manual Fuse F53 is "Hazard warning lights, direction indicators, instrument cluster".
Now that I have narrowed it down to this I was wondering if anyone knew what I could do to fix this problem.
Thanks very much.