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Old 06-08-2009, 12:26 PM
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Found the culprit

Well I found the culprit! Completely not what I expected it to be. I noticed the trunk light stopped working months ago. I thought it was just a bad bulb. I never cared too much to fix it. At any rate, the other night I noticed when I was closing the trunk very slowly, the light kicked on right before it shut. That also made the the interior lights stop flickering. Bingo.

Upon further investigation, the 4 wires that are wire tied onto the drivers side hinge of the trunk (license plate light power) were all stripped and bare (at the pivot point). When it would get open or shut, it disturbed them. The power was back feeding into the illumination circuit causing some of the interior lights to flicker. In addition, it was grounding out on the trunk metal, causing a pretty significant amp draw.

I repaired the short and everything seems perfect now. Im only getting .1 to .2 of amp draw now.

So be sure to check those wires to make sure they arent grounding out!

Thanks for all the great suggestions.
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