New G6E Turbo With Issues

[thatguy]

  On 06/09/2012 at 6:03 AM, XR09 said:

Ford should give every staff member a car to take home on the weekend and thrash the crap out of. Bonuses for the more miles on it

If it still goes it gets on the list otherwise give it another lap around the floor

You mean Ford doesn't employ electrical engineers to figure this out?

The biggest issue I find with Expensive Daewoo and Ford isn't the quality of the product, it's the quality of their service staff. We live in an age when any auto service department is going to have severe trouble employing people on a low wage who have combination of strong deductive, mechanical and electrical skills in order to effectively troubleshoot a problem like this. There is a huge demand for skilled (truly skilled, not just people who can read manuals) in mining, hospital/health and scientific equipment so the auto industry essentially has to make do with what is left. Do you think the most skilled of these techs end up in Expensive Daewoo and Ford? I highly doubt it.

[Guest Kazz]

My dad has a 2006 G6 and if this car is not started for a week the battery goes flat. We have put 3 battery's in it in 9 months. So something is drawing power from the battery! Dad won't listen to me and is currently away and I went to start after 5 days and it struggles to start now it's been 8 days and no it won't start battery flat again! I'm a Expensive Daewoo girl I hate fords and they hate me! Ford tells my dad there is nothing wrong with it!!  I'm a female and even I know this is not right! How do u test the seat

module? I have a multimeter I just need to know where to start testing while dad is away cos I'm sick of having to charge it constantly and it's a new battery! 1 of 3 new

batteries it's had in a short time!!!

[crazyxa]

Ok as a rule of thumb I would start here:

1. Checking alternator:

Get a multi-meter set it to amps and measure how much current is being made at the alternator at idle. Should be around 12v. Also check at the battery positive too.

2a) To check if the battery is being drained when car is parked:

• disconnect the negative battery terminal and put a test light between the battery terminal and the negative cable.

If the test light illuminates then something is draining current!

2b) now repeat step 2a) check with multimeter

Get a multi-meter set it to amps and measure how much current is being drawn with the car off, alarms in general draw very little, audio amplifiers wired incorrectly are usually the culprit and or a bad factory module. If there is little to no draw, then id be looking at the alternator as above.

3. Now if you can confirm current is being drawn which sounds likely given your description then you need to start with known issues/modules as highlighted in previous posts.

3a) Disconnect the negative battery terminal for safety.

3b) Disconnect the power seat at the loom connector and ensure the seat no longer functions. Then do the checks from step 2 again. If the battery no longer drains / measurable current draw then that's it. Alternatively try the same thing with the power auto dip mirrors. That said given its part of the drivers side seat base the initial disconnection of the power seat loom will kill power to this too.

Hope this helps. If it does please report back.

And BTW 3 batteries is enough evidence that this issue needed an auto electrician and not a fraud dealer.

[Ralph Wiggum]

  On 11/05/2016 at 7:34 AM, crazyxa said:

 

Ok as a rule of thumb I would start here:

 

1. Checking alternator:

 

Get a multi-meter set it to amps and measure how much current is being made at the alternator at idle. Should be around 12v. Also check at the battery positive too.

 

2a) To check if the battery is being drained when car is parked:

 

• disconnect the negative battery terminal and put a test light between the battery terminal and the negative cable.

 

If the test light illuminates then something is draining current!

 

2b) now repeat step 2a) check with multimeter

 

Get a multi-meter set it to amps and measure how much current is being drawn with the car off, alarms in general draw very little, audio amplifiers wired incorrectly are usually the culprit and or a bad factory module. If there is little to no draw, then id be looking at the alternator as above.

 

3. Now if you can confirm current is being drawn which sounds likely given your description then you need to start with known issues/modules as highlighted in previous posts.

 

3a) Disconnect the negative battery terminal for safety.

 

3b) Disconnect the power seat at the loom connector and ensure the seat no longer functions. Then do the checks from step 2 again. If the battery no longer drains / measurable current draw then that's it. Alternatively try the same thing with the power auto dip mirrors. That said given its part of the drivers side seat base the initial disconnection of the power seat loom will kill power to this too.

 

Hope this helps. If it does please report back.

 

And BTW 3 batteries is enough evidence that this issue needed an auto electrician and not a fraud dealer.

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Get a multi-meter set it to Volts and measure how much Voltage is being made at the alternator at idle. Should be around 14V. Also check at the battery positive too.

 

FTFY

[MattyP]

Daewoo girl

[crazyxa]

  On 11/05/2016 at 7:53 AM, Ralph Wiggum said:

Get a multi-meter set it to Volts and measure how much Voltage is being made at the alternator at idle. Should be around 14V. Also check at the battery positive too.

 

FTFY

Thanks for fixing that.