Daily Archives: 28-November-2016

Remote Car Starter Can Drain Car Battery Within a Week

My Montana-based son mentioned that his wife's 2016 Honda CR-V (Figure 1) will not turn-over after sitting in the garage for seven days. No starting problems had occurred prior to early November. Unfortunately, I have had my share of car electrical problems and some of these problems have been hard to find. However, this is a new car and under warranty, so I recommended that he just take it into the dealer. He took the car into the Honda dealer, who told him that this is the result of the current drain imposed on his car battery by his aftermarket remote start system, which was verified to be within specification –the car was operating normally. Continue reading

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