richs fishes
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My 2017 Expedition EL Eddie Bauer has a high parasitic drain. I checked the current of every fuse in the fuse box and found 3 offenders:
1. Driver's power seat
2. Radio/CD player
3. Instrument panel
I had the door switches and hood latch all closed and waited 1/2 hour before measuring currents.
As far as I can tell, the CD changer is empty. The cigarette lighter outlets are empty.
We have other vehicles so we don't use this vehicle every day. I could just pull the fuses for the power seat and radio since they are non-essential. However, the instrument panel is essential.
It seems to me that some sensor is telling the vehicle that it is occupied and it needs to stay alive. The door switches and hatchback switches must be OK since there is no "door ajar" warning and the dome light extinguishes.
I am stumped. Any ideas?
I had a 2000 Mercury Mountaineer with a bad parasitic draw. I narrowed it down to the instrument panel circuit as well. Never did get it figured out before I got rid of vehicle; but strange that the instrument panel is a potential problem again!