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Originally Posted by mikezinfl
Hi,
My son bought a 2004 c230 that has been having problems since day one. His battery died. We pulled the battery out and took it to napa to have it tested and they said it was dead and we got a new battery. We installed the new battery and it died the next day. We had the battery charged and then had it and the alternator tested and both are showing to be fine. We went through and made sure that all the lights were off, recharged the battery and it lasted about 2 days and it was dead. Each time the battery dies overnight while the car is not running. We did a drain test and found 4 fuses that are drawing while the car is off:
F57 under hood (Steering position sensor, ecm, ignition switch control module); F31 driver side(20 A ignition switch control module); F8 in trunk (7.5A Aerial signal amplifier, alarm system horn/ graident sensor); F9 in trunk (25A sunroof control module).
When we first hook up the multimeter it shows around .84 but we let it sit on there for about 15 seconds and it drops to .40. Each of the fuses drain about .08-.10.
Also not sure if it is related or not but his AC blower motor is not working but all of the AC components seem to work.
Is there any relation between these fuses?
Any help would be appreciated.
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Does it have full power seats with the switches on the doors? The power seat modules on the W203 have a well known fault where they fail to shut off and drain the battery. The quick and dirty fix is the unplug the seat modules under the seat and see if the drain goes away.
A more permanent fix.
https://www.benzworld.org/forums/w203-c-class/1403233-diy-how-fix-your-power-seat.html#/topics/1403233
The blower speed controller is also known to fail ON. Easy check is to pull the cabin filter and see if blower is spinning with everything shut off.