1983 Buick Riviera 5.0l Battery Dies After A Few Days (Parasitic Draw)

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Published at : December 06, 2021

Today we have a 1983 Buick Riviera 5.0l that the customer complains the battery dies in a few days. Let's see if we can find the issue and fix the car car. I ended up having to unplug the chime module after this video because it kept beeping when the car was running. Customer said he was going to try to find a new one.

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Tools Used:
Lisle 64970 Parasitic Drain Tester
https://www.aeswave.com/Parasitic-Drain-Tester-p9322.html

EETH300
https://www.snapon.com/EN/US/Diagnostics/Products/Diagnostic-Thermal-Imager

0:00 Intro
0:30 Visual Inspection
2:08 Inline Parasitic Draw Tester
3:50 Pulling the suspected fuse
4:30 Looking at the radio with a thermal camera
6:15 We found our fuse!
7:28 Following Our Diagram
8:12 We found our Chime Module
10:05 Opening The Chime Module
13:40 Trying The Chime Module
14:40 Checking Our Draw 1983 Buick Riviera 5.0l Battery Dies After A Few Days (Parasitic Draw)
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