Battery drain...what's drawing?

[Vandal86]

Has anyone experienced a low battery (won't start) when the vehicle sits for over 24 hrs? It's happened a few times, once I get it started (jump) it runs fine until the next time... I took it into the dealer and they traced it to an aftermarket amplifier installation. *I'm the 2nd owner, purchased at 6k miles. Anyway, looks like I need to UNINSTALL this amp...I attempted to disconnect the amp from the battery, it's a bigger job than that since doing this lost all audio. They obviously wired it through the factory Uconnect system. What are my next steps? I don't really need to take it to an audio shop to fix this problem - I can do it with a little direction. THANKS!

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[XraytecH]

Has anyone experienced a low battery (won't start) when the vehicle sits for over 24 hrs? It's happened a few times, once I get it started (jump) it runs fine until the next time... I took it into the dealer and they traced it to an aftermarket amplifier installation. *I'm the 2nd owner, purchased at 6k miles. Anyway, looks like I need to UNINSTALL this amp...I attempted to disconnect the amp from the battery, it's a bigger job than that since doing this lost all audio. They obviously wired it through the factory Uconnect system. What are my next steps? I don't really need to take it to an audio shop to fix this problem - I can do it with a little direction. THANKS!

Who ever installed the aftermarket amp probably did not wire the "Remote Turn On" wire correctly. Reconnect the Amp and check the Blue Wires, there are two of them.

 

[S JEEPN]

As mentioned above, You can look up the amp to get the diagram it should be an easy enough solution especially if it is decent amplifier and sounds good to you.

 

[XraytecH]

As mentioned above, You can look up the amp to get the diagram it should be an easy enough solution especially if it is decent amplifier and sounds good to you.

Also it could be as simple as a setting on the amp. For most amps you can switch between 12v trigger of an audio signal trigger. Download the user manual.

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