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Old May 23, 2020 | 01:02 AM
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What are the major causes for parasitic battery draw in a 1999 Corvette
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What are the major causes for parasitic battery draw in a 1999 Corvette
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Vanity mirror can be an issue if the light doesn't doesn't cut off as well as glove box light
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Vanity mirror can be an issue if the light doesn't doesn't cut off as well as glove box light
thank you for the helpful Information.
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Mine turned out to be the passenger seat electronics...have not troubleshot it further.
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Appreciate the info
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Common causes of a battery drain are the seat switches. They have complex circuitry and if something fails in one of them the battery is dead in a day or two. I would make sure the battery is fully charged, pull both seat breakers then set up your multimeter on the 10 amps scale and see if there is still a drain. If there still is a drain, use the procedure in post #2 to locate.
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