"aRKay" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Dad" > wrote:
>
>> "aRKay" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >
>> > After two dead batteries on my 2001 Coupe it was taken to the dealer
>> > on
>> > a flat bed truck. The first report is BCM (Body Control Module) is
>> > drawing 4 amp and that is what is killing the batteries. The big
>> > unknown
>> > at the dealership is to find and understand what circuit is
>> > shorted.
>> > Just replacing the expensive (heard $1,000) BCM may not fix the
>> > problem.
>> > They are trying to find the bad circuit and this could be as
>> > expensive
>> > as the BCM.
>> >
>> > Dad..... any experience with BCM current draw issues?
>>
>> Yes, all bad. Happened to me with the '98, was only $800 but that
>> included the flat bed, a week rental car, and it was 10 years ago and
>> 200 miles from home. What codes did it throw? Short was in the unit
>> its self. Rebuilt BCMs go for $165 and are as good as or better than
>> new. http://www.directautomotiveproducts.com/chrys.html Yes, I've
>> dealt with them with good results.
>
> I called and the guy was very helpful. Yes they do BCM's and the price
> you mentioned is correct. Interesting they have to repair your module
> because so the security code does not have to be re-flashed. As I
> described the problem the guy did not think it was BCM issue. Like
> the dealership he suspects a short somewhere on the hot side of the
> BCM.
>
> I am stuck since the car is at the dealership and customers cannot talk
> to techs. I have to deal with the service writer who relays what the
> techs tell him. Catch-22!
>
> Stay tuned for the outcome

You can't talk to the tech??? WTF!!!

I'd have a truck there in a heartbeat to yank it out of there.