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Sun Mar 27, 2016 11:38 am
hello,
I have a 2001 Nissan frontier, 2wd, 4 door, 6cyl 3.3L.
I have a battery drain problem I have been working on and now am stumped.
I can not post wiring diagram attachments but have been using wiring diagrams from ebsco which looks to be Haynes or chiltons manuals.
so I did the battery drain test and got a 134Ma-144Ma reading by connecting between negative terminal and connector. after pulling fuses I was able to narrow it to
(fuse J, 80amp fuse) Labeled (FL 80A IGN-1 SW (B+)) as labeled on the fuse box cover. by removing this fuse it lowers the battery draw approximately 80Ma.
also by removing
(fuse E, 40amp fuse) Labeled (FL 40A IGN SW) as labeled on fuse box cover. by removing this it lowers the draw by 40Ma.
with both fuses out I have a normal battery draw reading of around 20Ma.
unplugging one or the other separately does not remove draw completely only by 80Ma or 40Ma or 120Ma by removing both.
where I'm getting stumped is when trying to chase down the problem to the cause of the draw.
after unplugging the ignition switch (where the key goes in) at the connector under steering column, Wire colors: (wht/blu, red/ylw, blk/ylw, grn/ylw, blk/wht, grn.)
this removes power drain from the 80A fuse but not from the 40A fuse. this is about as far as I am able to get at this point.
any help would be much appreciated.
thank you