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Posts posted by desilran
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@Richard thanks for the table.
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@Wizard - lol I'm getting the car back today and will work through the various steps as advised. Hopefully I can identify the drain and solve the problem!
thanks for all your help,
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Thanks all for your advice and opinions. As Schnell points out I have posted this query on a number of sites. Furthermore I am new to using forums for assistance. My view was that someone might have experienced this already hence broadening my search onto a number of forums.
@Schnell - your harsh response and clear lack of sympathy for a noob trying to get information via forums is both unhelpful and misleading. I am taking on board all the good advice prior to working out a plan of action. Your comments simply waste everyone's time.
As I say - thanks for everyone's helpful advice and when I identify the issue I'll let you know.
Cheers
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Hi Wizard,
Nope - no tracking device fitted. Nothing has fundamentally changed in the last year, apart from that I am driving the car a lot less now than I was before. It could be that by driving it more previously I was hiding the drain, but I have left it for a couple of weeks without an issue. Now if the car is left unused for a week the battery is totally dead.
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2003 Boxster S, 6 speed, RHD
My car is often not driven for a week or two weeks and recently the battery died. As it was an old battery I replaced it with a new one, charged up via the mains. In two weeks the battery had died again. Took it into mechanics who said that there was a 5A drain every 45 mins.
It does have an aftermarket stereo but that has been in place for too long to be the cause of this.
I also noticed recently that the roof mechanism will not close all the way unless I toggle the switch open and close until it finally closes to the point where I can activate the manual lever.
Also the glove box wasn't closing properly and so the alarm was not activating - I have managed to force the switch to close now so the alarm works.
Any ideas on what could be drawing that kind of power every 45 mins?
Thanks
Battery 5A drain every 45mins
in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)
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Hi All,
Firstly thank you for all your suggestions, information and ideas. I eventually managed to resolve the drain issue by changing out the ignition switch. This is a fairly easy procedure and well documented online. Since changing the switch everything seems to have resumed normal function and the battery is now no longer being drained!