It appears that the problem is coming from the factory alarm system. There’s just a lot of odd things going on that makes me tend to think it’s the factory alarm. First of all, when I locked the car in the prescribed way, which is supposed to arm the alarm, nothing happens when I “break in” to...
Update: I’m not going to take the car to a mechanic. I’m going to take it to an Exocist!
I fiddled with it last night suspecting that it might be the anti-theft system since it was drawing so many Amps (11 Amps). Along with that, the horn wasn’t honking consistently. It only honked...
LLC5. You may have hit it on the head. I have an aftermarket amplifier AND the other day, I set up the car to test the alarm (unrelated to the current detective work) and when I triggered the alarm, it didn’t sound off (horn). I’ll check those two items first then find out if there are any...
LLC5 I’ll try to condense the information so you don’t have to read a long story.
First night: dead battery. The battery wouldn’t hold a charge. It kept charging at 3 Amps overnight and the charger gauge never went down to its usual 1 Amp.
Installed a new fresh battery. Dead the next morning...
Hot Rod Roy. I tested it the way you described. Light bulb with aligator clips. Connecting it to the positive and negative poles on the battery, the light goes on. Disconnecting the alligator clip from the negative pole and attaching the volt meter to the positive pole and the disconnected end...
Hot Rod Roy, thanks. I’ll try that tomorrow. I already have the light bulb and probes that I put together to watch the bulb while I pulled fuses. I’ll give it a try.
First, please allow me to apologize for my missed description of how I was testing the circuit. I'm sorry if I misled anyone. My first description was unintentionally misleading.
I will describe it accurately this time after having contacted my neighbor who originally showed me what to do...
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