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Old Apr 6, 2014 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by dgw
The door switches do not work at all to activate the interior lights.
Over the years those door switches have probably been the most common reason for a battery drain in a 964.
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Old Apr 6, 2014 | 03:29 PM
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I am sorry, your readings does not make sense to me, your readings and meter range setting can't be correct. I agree with JasonAndreas, I would start with the door switches.
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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by dgw
ToreB,
I am using a multimeter across ground and the negative post on the battery. I don't know if I am measuring .84, 8.4 or 84. That is the reading with the multimeter set to the 20 ma scale on the DC amps setting. The car is stock except for an aftermarket radio which probably draws something.

Now that I can remove the trunk light bulb I took a couple more readings. With the bulb removed I get a meter reading of .14. With the wire near the trunk latch disconnected I get a .04 reading. Maybe that implies something to do with the alarm system. The door switches do not work at all to activate the interior lights. Maybe that points to the alarm module as well. I guess that is the next thing to look into. The car is an early 93 but it does have a factory alarm.
The fact that you are getting 0.14A drain with the hood bulb removed (rather than a 0.84A drain with it in), tells me that the bulb holder is causing the drain. I can't tell you how to fix this because like many I decided the easiest thing to do was remove the bulb to get rid of that drain.

By disconnecting the wire to hood switch your drain drops to 0.04A. This is just about where you want it to be. You should find that you get the same small drain if you reconnect the wire but get some one to hold in the switch while you measure at the battery. Once you know that you can leave the wire connected but have the bulb out and be confident that the drain is minimal (you'll need the wire to be still connected so that the hood is alarmed).

You still need to sort out the interior lights issue because you're currently stopping them causing a drain by having them turned off. As others have mentioned this is most likely being caused by a faulty door switch. You only need one to be faulty to make the interior lights stay on. Therefore you need to remove the door switches to find the issue. It's likely that one of the wires has come off and is touching the body creating a permanent earth.
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