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Jeff Hauge Posted on Dec 25, 2013
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Jeep liberty battery drain

If i let it sit, the battery drains extremely fast... sometimes completely dead. newer battery 18 month old Mopar.. nothing special and it HAS been cold altely... I hear this little whishing, whiring sound behind the glove compartment as well when it does run...

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Look online but i have found a few were the clock was the issue. Pull the fuse to check his. if not the clock, look at all the grounds should be 3, or pull off neg cable use a test light clip to battery touch the cable & if it light there is a draw. You can pull each fuse 1 at a time to also help find the issue.

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Harvey N Tawatao

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  • Posted on May 13, 2009

SOURCE: I have a 2002 jeep Liberty.If i leave #23 fuse in

Just for thought try removing the light bulb under the hood, the socket my have gone bad and keeping the light on.
Good luck and keep me posted. Also not sure if your Liberty has one of the sun visor with a light switch on it, I found the one on my jimmy was always on thank's to my G/F putting things between the visor and ceiling.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 03, 2009

SOURCE: 2008 Jeep Liberty-Dead battery issues w/ a new battery

Unit has a draw somewhere that needs to be addressed. I have found the auto starts sometimes can cause this. But if the draw is through the negative side it could be tough. You should take it to the dealer and have them perform a draw test on the entire vehicle.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 03, 2009

SOURCE: 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee battery will drain

Ditto here on a 2005 jeep. We bought it new and found the battery dead on a few mornings the first year. Nothing left on. Did the new alternator thing about 2 yrs. ago and a few batteries along the way. This is what we noticed..... If you leave a CD in the CD player, that is the prime little devil that sucks out the juice. Now, we never turn off the car while a CD is in the dash. Now, maybe not necessary every time, but always overnight and now by habit, all the time, we make sure there is no CD inserted when the car is off. Hope this helps.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 30, 2010

SOURCE: 2003 Chevy Express 2500, runs GReatbut battery drains dead 2days

Have the alternator checked. An open diode will drain the battery

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John Weathers

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  • Posted on Mar 02, 2010

SOURCE: Something keeps DRAINING the battery?

If you disconnect the negative battery cable and connect a 12V test light between the battery negative post and the negative battery cable terminal the light will burn if there's a draw. Make sure all electrical consumers are off and all doors closed when doing this draw test. If the light is on start pulling 1 fuse at a time until the light goes out, when it goes out that's the circuit that has the draw. Trace it from there.

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Hello Michelle, You could take it to a mechanic to test for a voltage draw . Make sure the glove box light is not on steady.
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2006 liberty new battery alternator works when sets over night battery goes dead put a kill switch on and still goes dead ?

put kill where? at battery post, and is just a switch,
not those dynamic battery drop relays?
if the battery goes dead with the neg. lug pulled the battery is bad.
end of life , battery.
the lug pull never lies.... ever.
if stays ok now this is called battery phantom drain.
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2 posts one ANON, so you want me to answer 2 times?

ok, pull neg lug off battery, still drains,?
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wow no year stated, nor car. a willis jeep> 1945?
in 1945 it has no Alternator !
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dead parked, or dead moving ?
no person can help lacking that critical fact,
sounds to me like, impossible question !
if it goes dead moving the alternator /gen system is failing.
if the battery goes dead parked, that means you have phantom drain.

we can find out which it is , with a $10 DMM meter at walmart
$20 is a better buy.

so if it drains over night check for lamps stuck on.(aka. dark current)
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check for 13.3 to 15vdc, running, engine.
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at no time did i say any part was bad or to buy them. (i never do until i do tests)
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http://www.fixkick.com/drain/drain.html
works on all cars.

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there are other rare causes..
like the engine will not idle at 800 rpm or more.
see this, the alternator goes off line below that much.
and can drain a battery fast deep in the city at infinite red lights
and traffic jams.
that is why getting a car with hands on service by a real ASE
tech, works best , he /she sees all this in 5 min flat.
saving all this grief.
like , oh crud, it idles a 500! (that be it)
or charge lamp is on?

the old jeeps love to kill batteries, with old DC generators. (ask)
oh my, the OBD2 scan tool says my ALternator is off line.
or other DTC errors, about power lost to many places.
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this car?
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sad the owner can't tell year or model.

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I have a recall notice for your Jeep. It states that the radio is not powering down correctly and that the radio should be replaced by the dealership.

Email me at [email protected] because it is too big to post here.

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