Truck is a new 2016 Frontier SL, 4wd, 4 door, long bed. Aftermarket parts are a Leer Trilogy tonneau cover, Curt tow package with receiver and relay harness, and a Compustar 7200 series Remote Start.
Currently the electrical system has some kind of parasitic draw that will completely deplete the battery in three days or less that has become worse over time. I purchased the truck new on Septemeber 1, 2016. Please note that I work remotely and must be away two to three weeks at a time. About October 20 to November 15 it was not started for about a three week period. When I returned the battery was completely depleted. No electrical power in the truck at all. I charged the battery overnight and all was well for two weeks driving it at least every other day if not daily. It was then left sitting for approx one week and started reliably. (While I was away at work the wife started the truck for me.) Then it was not started for a ten day period and upon my return there was not enough charge in the battery to engage the starter. Charged battery once again. And two to three days later there is not enough charge to engage the starter. Each time again requiring me to charge the battery.
While I was again away at work wife takes the truck to where I had the Remote Starter installed. I purposely used the same Audio Vendor that the Nissan dealer here uses for my remote start. It was less expensive for me to pay them to put it in than it was from the Nissan dealer. They pulled the fuses for the remote starter and monitored the current draw. The message from them was that the truck “Computer” was entering sleep mode and then immediately waking. Not sure if they meant the CPU, BCM, ECM, or all three. Wife calls the Nissan dealership while at the Audio store and has the Nissan Service Manager and the Audio store manager talk about the problem and she makes an appointment with the Nissan Dealer.
Wife takes the truck to the Nissan dealer and got the typical response that there is nothing wrong so it must be the Remote Start. At her insistence they did replace the battery as she just wasn't leaving with the truck in the same condition as she delivered it to them. From the information that I can piece together it seems they tested and charged the battery then monitored the system for parasitic draw. What little documentation wife could get it appears to me the battery had about 300 amp hours of life. This is a 550 amp hour battery that I have owned for only four months. Good thing she got it replaced. They tested the alternator and found no abnormalities with it or the charging circuit. Also from the documentation a note shows that while in sleep mode the draw was 23 ma. If that is indeed true then that is really good as a threshold of no more than 50 ma will be fine with me.
So, here I am today headed out the door with my multimeter to begin the Parasitic Draw Journey. Currently I have a new battery and a disconnected remote starter. The only good news here is I deal with ma and mv circuits everyday at work and this is not my first parasitic draw rodeo. Albeit, it is my first parasitic rodeo on an automobile.
Before this is over I expect I'll need all of the help I can get so please, if you guys have any ideas do not hesitate to bring them up.
Dan
Currently the electrical system has some kind of parasitic draw that will completely deplete the battery in three days or less that has become worse over time. I purchased the truck new on Septemeber 1, 2016. Please note that I work remotely and must be away two to three weeks at a time. About October 20 to November 15 it was not started for about a three week period. When I returned the battery was completely depleted. No electrical power in the truck at all. I charged the battery overnight and all was well for two weeks driving it at least every other day if not daily. It was then left sitting for approx one week and started reliably. (While I was away at work the wife started the truck for me.) Then it was not started for a ten day period and upon my return there was not enough charge in the battery to engage the starter. Charged battery once again. And two to three days later there is not enough charge to engage the starter. Each time again requiring me to charge the battery.
While I was again away at work wife takes the truck to where I had the Remote Starter installed. I purposely used the same Audio Vendor that the Nissan dealer here uses for my remote start. It was less expensive for me to pay them to put it in than it was from the Nissan dealer. They pulled the fuses for the remote starter and monitored the current draw. The message from them was that the truck “Computer” was entering sleep mode and then immediately waking. Not sure if they meant the CPU, BCM, ECM, or all three. Wife calls the Nissan dealership while at the Audio store and has the Nissan Service Manager and the Audio store manager talk about the problem and she makes an appointment with the Nissan Dealer.
Wife takes the truck to the Nissan dealer and got the typical response that there is nothing wrong so it must be the Remote Start. At her insistence they did replace the battery as she just wasn't leaving with the truck in the same condition as she delivered it to them. From the information that I can piece together it seems they tested and charged the battery then monitored the system for parasitic draw. What little documentation wife could get it appears to me the battery had about 300 amp hours of life. This is a 550 amp hour battery that I have owned for only four months. Good thing she got it replaced. They tested the alternator and found no abnormalities with it or the charging circuit. Also from the documentation a note shows that while in sleep mode the draw was 23 ma. If that is indeed true then that is really good as a threshold of no more than 50 ma will be fine with me.
So, here I am today headed out the door with my multimeter to begin the Parasitic Draw Journey. Currently I have a new battery and a disconnected remote starter. The only good news here is I deal with ma and mv circuits everyday at work and this is not my first parasitic draw rodeo. Albeit, it is my first parasitic rodeo on an automobile.
Before this is over I expect I'll need all of the help I can get so please, if you guys have any ideas do not hesitate to bring them up.
Dan
