ford focus battery problem

Joined: Apr 01, 2007 Posts: 4

my hubby has a 2004 tdci 1.8 ghia focus, he works away for two weeks at a time and when he comes back the battery is flat
we had a auto electrician look at it and nothing obvious was showing , the alarm and immobilisor are on all the time he is away , would they drain the battery ?????
this is the second new battery in as many months , the alternator seems to be charging ok ,it starts every day when he is home after the initial starting with battery boost pack

any help would be appreciated ...thanks

External Since: Dec 01, 2004 Posts: 168

On Apr 3, 2:27 am, bambi1001 <n... RemoveThis @000.com> wrote:
> my hubby has a 2004 tdci 1.8 ghia focus, he works away for two weeks
> at a time and when he comes back the battery is flat
> we had a auto electrician look at it and nothing obvious was showing ,
> the alarm and immobilisor are on all the time he is away , would they
> drain the battery ?????
> this is the second new battery in as many months , the alternator
> seems to be charging ok ,it starts every day when he is home after the
> initial starting with battery boost pack
>
> any help would be appreciated ...thanks
>

You probably have a parasitic drain on the battery somewhere, like a
door switch, glove box switch, vanity light switch, etc. Usually the
switch is stuck on and the battery gets drained. All anyone needs is
a simple test light to help isolate the cause of the drain, but you
have to know what you're doing. So when your auto electrician says
"nothing obvious is showing" he means he's not going to figure it out
for free if it doesn't jump out at him and bite him in the face.
Can't blaim him, he needs to eat as well, right?