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Posted on Jun 14, 2009

Battery was draining. Had to jump it with my Subaru.

The information panel was saying door ajar. I noticed that it would chime when the tail gate would open but not any other door. This lead me to the drivers door. I found that the contact switch for the door closer was not connecting. I unpluged it, jumped it and found all the other doors chimed when they opened. So this was my my problem. the car thought the door was open and thus drained the battery

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