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Old 26th February 2017, 04:15 PM
JulianHicks JulianHicks is offline
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Unhappy Battery drain - it's not the door button

Now that I've got other things out the way, I sadly [for me, anyway] have to report that I still have a battery drain despite the 'Right Rear Door' ECU no longer reporting that the button is being pressed continuously.

So now I've got to reinvestigate from scratch

I've got a little bit of help from the new VCDS Battery History tool, which does at least tell me how much went out the battery in the last idle time, but I might have to resort to the 'measure the fuse current' trick and try and detect a small[ish] current flow.

However, one thing puzzles me; since I have to open the driver/passenger door [or boot] to get at the fuses and opening the doors triggers the gateway and entry system, does anyone have any suggestion as to how to overcome this issue please?

Julian
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