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Old 12-09-2009, 01:18 PM
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Phantom counsole lights on a 500E

Hi Everyone,
I think I figured out what is draining my battery on the 92 500E. I walked out to the garage with the lights off and noticed some lights coming from the 500E and it's been sitting there for a couple months now. Turns out specific dash lights were "Pulsating" on. Specifically,,,, Rear shade button, rear headrest button, both seat warmer buttons and the gear selector. What's ever more weird is I'm having problems with all of these functions. Rear shade, headrest, seat heaters and (I'm guessing complete coincidence..) Transmission.

I opened and closed the door and the interior light was just pulsating just like the dash lights. Instead of disconnecing I decided to let it go and see what it did. The next day the dash lights were not blinking. Oh, and the battery is still charged as it's on a trickle charger.

Any suggestions or ideas where the problem is???

Thanks!
Adam
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