Hello All, new here, just made an intro, long time reader.

I'm going to make this brief, I'm just looking for threads or ideas I may have over looked to pass on to the repair shop.

Anyway, I believe I may have the RCM solder issue. The key fob fails all the time also. And I have the 'spoiler self activating' issue also.

I am at a loss, I am a mechanical engineer but electric issues are beyond me. The shop I take it to is stumped also. Their constant 'fix' - is - the battery was drained, we charged it, it's fine now. The battery has been replaced twice also.

After that, or simple charging - it runs fine. For a short while. And then - it does it again - key won't work, of course I can't start it, and it gets towed back to the shop where they tell me 'the battery is drained and you don't drive it enough'. But now I *do* ~

Something is wrong here, the root cause has not been fixed. I suspect it is this RCM issue - but I am not sure.

I plan to forward them that thread.

If there are any other ideas I can pass along to these people - this is the info I'm looking for. I do not plan to try to fix it myself because I have no tools / do not know electrical things.

Any info or advice appreciated! I'm on the W. Side of Chicago and take it to a sports / high tech shop that has other Crossfire customers. But they seem to be stumped / are convinced the battery is just going dead because I don't drive it enough.

Any info, advice, ideas appreciated!

 

I suspect it is an ignition off high drain issue.
Connect a milliamp meter between the negative battery cable and the battery post and see what reading you get with the ignition off.
Should run 30 milliamps or so.

If a high reading, start plucking fuses till it drops, that will help to locate the problem area.

 

Thanks for the info Ala, I was thinking along these lines too / something is draining power, I wasn't quite sure how to articulate that and this helps a great deal. Will pass on this idea to the shop.

Thanks again

 

I think the OEM figure is 15 to 20 ma.