When i turn my car off and take the key out it beeps as tho my key is still in the ignition and drains the battery.......it has done this before but never drained the battery, eventually went off but it recently did this throughout the nite! cant get any electricity to see why check engine light is on

Romel Edmondson

• 68 Answers
• Posted on Jan 25, 2009

SOURCE: own a 2005 ford 500.

Firstand foremost,this snota problem for a echanic tooodagnose. Ifurbatery isdrainng, u shouldcek to cifur charging system is functioningproperly. Ifur ABS lite iscoming on, probaly during dis-assemby, something went wrong witur sesors. check it out with someone knowledgeable and experienced

SOURCE: windshield wipers will not work, battery drains

do you have a light bulb in the glove box? if so pull it out, and it sounds to me like the multifunction switch is malfunctioning, the battery being low would cause the radio not to work if the voltage drops beloow 11 volts so try the multi function switch, if you can follow a wiring diagram then go to http://www.alldatadiy.com buy a subscription for your car clcik on search and type in symptom also look at recalls for your car that wil help you to figure out what is wrong if you need more assistance let me know.

SOURCE: 1999 F-350 Diesel drains batteries FAST.

try this...you can also use a test light instead of a ammeter, but the ammeter is more effective:
http://www.wikihow.com/Find-a-Parasitic-Battery-Drain

SOURCE: excessive battery drain when all is switched off

i have a 2003 ford windstar that had both battery drain and flickering dome lights and solved both. The battery drain believe it or not was the radio which is factory. This was the only fuse that i didn't pull(trying too narrow my drain) because it didn't look like a fuse.... it looks like a square block and it took a pair of needle nose pliers to get it out. Once i got it out it initially raised the amp pull, but then i waited the 30 minutes for the computor go to sleep or into hibernative mode the amp dropped off to next to nothing.... below what factory spec said it should be....next the flickering dome lights.... it turned out to be a wiring culprit in the headliner above the support post behind the passenger sliding door.... i re-wrapped it and haven't seen a flicker since. Oh and one other thing i would like to add, we thought my transmission had gone up about a year ago.... even the dealer said i needed a new tranny, but after talking to a couple of mechanics i was convinced to replace the torque converter and i was back on the road driving. The symtom was that it just stopped! We drove to the store fine and came back out to go home and it started fine but would not move. I hope all this info helps many who are struggling out there!!

Mike Butler

• 6674 Answers
• Posted on Aug 02, 2009

SOURCE: 1992 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON 3.8L V-6 WON'T START, NOTHING

Was this all done by a licensed repair shop ?
Have you tried moving shifter through all gears while holding key to start, just to see if any kick at all? (safety neutral switch may be faulty)