Battery discharge
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Battery discharge
Hello Everyone,
I just bought a 2000 C5 Corvette convertible and the battery keeps losing it’s change. The ampmeter shows the alternates is putting out 13.5 amps.
Even with the car shut off, I hear a noise that sounds like the noise from moving the seat back or forth, only not as loud. It continues to happen for quite awhile after the car is shut off. I think that might be draining the battery.
Also, the headlight motor on the passenger side clicks and gauge lights flicker when I hook up a battery charger to the battery.
Any help you can give me I will greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick
I just bought a 2000 C5 Corvette convertible and the battery keeps losing it’s change. The ampmeter shows the alternates is putting out 13.5 amps.
Even with the car shut off, I hear a noise that sounds like the noise from moving the seat back or forth, only not as loud. It continues to happen for quite awhile after the car is shut off. I think that might be draining the battery.
Also, the headlight motor on the passenger side clicks and gauge lights flicker when I hook up a battery charger to the battery.
Any help you can give me I will greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick
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From: Sandown NH
Fully charge you battery and unplug your seats. If they battery doesn't die you found the problem. The power seats are a common cause for dead batteries in a C5. If the seats aren't the problem you need to do a draw test and see what circuit is causing the draw.
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Hello Everyone,
I just bought a 2000 C5 Corvette convertible and the battery keeps losing it’s change. The ampmeter shows the alternates is putting out 13.5 amps.
Even with the car shut off, I hear a noise that sounds like the noise from moving the seat back or forth, only not as loud. It continues to happen for quite awhile after the car is shut off. I think that might be draining the battery.
Also, the headlight motor on the passenger side clicks and gauge lights flicker when I hook up a battery charger to the battery.
Any help you can give me I will greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick
I just bought a 2000 C5 Corvette convertible and the battery keeps losing it’s change. The ampmeter shows the alternates is putting out 13.5 amps.
Even with the car shut off, I hear a noise that sounds like the noise from moving the seat back or forth, only not as loud. It continues to happen for quite awhile after the car is shut off. I think that might be draining the battery.
Also, the headlight motor on the passenger side clicks and gauge lights flicker when I hook up a battery charger to the battery.
Any help you can give me I will greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick
Melting Slicks
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From: Espanola New Mexico
Headlight clicking and gauges flickering is probably due to the battery being discharged, power seat switches are a common cause of battery drain problems, fix that and your battery discharging problem should clear up.
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Hello Everyone,
I just bought a 2000 C5 Corvette convertible and the battery keeps losing it’s change. The ampmeter shows the alternates is putting out 13.5 amps.
Even with the car shut off, I hear a noise that sounds like the noise from moving the seat back or forth, only not as loud. It continues to happen for quite awhile after the car is shut off. I think that might be draining the battery.
Also, the headlight motor on the passenger side clicks and gauge lights flicker when I hook up a battery charger to the battery.
Any help you can give me I will greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick
I just bought a 2000 C5 Corvette convertible and the battery keeps losing it’s change. The ampmeter shows the alternates is putting out 13.5 amps.
Even with the car shut off, I hear a noise that sounds like the noise from moving the seat back or forth, only not as loud. It continues to happen for quite awhile after the car is shut off. I think that might be draining the battery.
Also, the headlight motor on the passenger side clicks and gauge lights flicker when I hook up a battery charger to the battery.
Any help you can give me I will greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick
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If your BCM (body control module) doesn't shut everything down in proper sequence while its preparing to go to sleep, it can drain a battery overnight! I had this problem on my 2000 C5 Vert. I had a battery, 3 months old MAX, go dead in about 12 hours. Charged it fully, then foolishly waited for it to happen the very next morning. It did. So I got advice on this forum, pulled the BCM, took it to a local "Corvette repair shop", and they sent it in for repairs.......for $500!! WAY to pricey, I should've shipped around. But they did fix whatever was wrong. About 5 or 6 years later, same problem. So I paid close to $1,000 for one of the last new old stock BCMs available. Came right from Delco store in Detroit, Michigan area. That was 2014, and no problems since. When you send in a bad BCM, the repair shops fix only what is wrong, they do NOT "restore" the BCM with all new electronics. Hope this helps.......
Melting Slicks
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From: Espanola New Mexico
Before you spend money on a replacement BCM, I would ask that you spend some time on eliminating all other causes of your battery discharging. Yes BCM's do cause battery drain problems, but in most cases it's usually something else like your power seats. all I am saying is take some more time to pin point the problem before firing the parts cannon.
