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Yeah thanks. Hadn't thought of that. However, my mechanic said he doesn't do electrical issues like this. So now what, I go to a dealership and spend oodles of money?
New battery every day. Love it.
Get a new mechanic.
Also didn't take the suggestion to get that Johnson rod checked. If it's hardened considerably, probably needs to have it drained.
Johnson rod has been fixed every day. It was something to do with the crank shaft
I bet you're fun at parties.
I'm thinking more like a light is being left on somewhere. Like someone mentioned before - glove box light, trunk light....something like that. If you did the parasitic test correctly it would identify that you had a large drain that needed all the fuses checked.
It could be a light perhaps, but man, I have left some lights on many times overnight with no issues. This is a brand new battery, 100% dead overnight. From a light I can't even see somewhere?
This is the best response so far.
He spent his mechanic money on the battery
Everyone says get a new battery.
Seems kind of odd. Should be no power to the wiper motor with the key off.
Yep. Faulty motor I suppose causing a short or whatever.
Just added a link to my reply. It has indeed happened.
Thanks for all your condescending help. It was very useful.
Even a sarcastic clock is right twice a day
It did give several warnings before, and almost every time the battery was dead, especially if we didn't try to start it until a few hours after getting the warning.Never heard of it but why didn't it give you a warning before?
And google returns ton of results that HUM is possibly the problem. You didn't think to tell us of that before? lol
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Does Hum drain my car battery when the engine is off?
When your car is off, the Hum OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) Reader goes into a low power mode.
maybe its defective
"Anyway, the actual battery voltage despite it reporting it was under 12 volts was actually 12.94 after sitting all day after the Alert and started just fine. Is anybody else having this problem or even use the dang thing? My in-laws insist we both have one for the accident awareness and safety reasons, but winter's a coming and I don't want to find out this little thing is draining my battery and just hasn't killed it yet."
"Hi all, I searched the forums but didn't find anything for this...I have a Hum obdII reader and service from Verizon. It's generation one and I keep getting yellow battery alerts but the voltage isn't actually low. I called Verizon and they told me to have a garage clear the nonexistent low battery code"
Anyway, so last night my daughter drives the car to work, new battery and all. She parks at 9:30pm. At 2:30 in the morning I got an alert of "rapid drop in battery voltage". Same warning the other times when the battery was dead.
I checked the app, it shows 11.36 volts.
Now, fortunately she just texted me and said the car started. Also, usually when this happens I will get another notification that the battery is back to full health.
So, what on earth is causing a brand new battery to have a "rapid decline" in 5 hours when there are no lights on or anything obvious that is drawing power?
I'm really not thinking it's a defective HUM considering the times it has sent me an alert it was accurate considering the battery was totally dead almost every time, and the other times the car was started before more time passed.
How you troubleshoot this is to turn the vehicle off, and pull out the fuses one by one and then do voltage drop tests against the specific fuse plugins.
Then once you find the specific fuse, then you need to research which modules are using that fuse and then replace that specific control module.
I have done this before and someone with minor mechanical skills can pull this off.
Solved the problem without spending the cash at the mechanic. Thanks.
You get what you give. Ever wonder why so many people on here respond to you the way they do? Probably not. But just something to consider.
I think it went just fine. Entertaining and problem solved. What more can I ask for?
With all due respect, a lot of us here were telling you to check each fuse. Glad it worked out.It did give several warnings before, and almost every time the battery was dead, especially if we didn't try to start it until a few hours after getting the warning.Never heard of it but why didn't it give you a warning before?
And google returns ton of results that HUM is possibly the problem. You didn't think to tell us of that before? lol
Why is Verizon Hum Causing Car Problems? (Easy Fix Steps!)
If your Verizon hum causing car problems, you must be frustated! Here in this guide, learn the reasons behind the issue & also how to solve the problem.
Does Hum drain my car battery when the engine is off?
When your car is off, the Hum OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) Reader goes into a low power mode.
maybe its defective
"Anyway, the actual battery voltage despite it reporting it was under 12 volts was actually 12.94 after sitting all day after the Alert and started just fine. Is anybody else having this problem or even use the dang thing? My in-laws insist we both have one for the accident awareness and safety reasons, but winter's a coming and I don't want to find out this little thing is draining my battery and just hasn't killed it yet."
"Hi all, I searched the forums but didn't find anything for this...I have a Hum obdII reader and service from Verizon. It's generation one and I keep getting yellow battery alerts but the voltage isn't actually low. I called Verizon and they told me to have a garage clear the nonexistent low battery code"
Anyway, so last night my daughter drives the car to work, new battery and all. She parks at 9:30pm. At 2:30 in the morning I got an alert of "rapid drop in battery voltage". Same warning the other times when the battery was dead.
I checked the app, it shows 11.36 volts.
Now, fortunately she just texted me and said the car started. Also, usually when this happens I will get another notification that the battery is back to full health.
So, what on earth is causing a brand new battery to have a "rapid decline" in 5 hours when there are no lights on or anything obvious that is drawing power?
I'm really not thinking it's a defective HUM considering the times it has sent me an alert it was accurate considering the battery was totally dead almost every time, and the other times the car was started before more time passed.
How you troubleshoot this is to turn the vehicle off, and pull out the fuses one by one and then do voltage drop tests against the specific fuse plugins.
Then once you find the specific fuse, then you need to research which modules are using that fuse and then replace that specific control module.
I have done this before and someone with minor mechanical skills can pull this off.
This is exactly what my mechanic BIL was instructing me to do earlier, and was pretty much the only useful reply here, so thank you.
Fortunately I didn't have to go through the process of pulling every fuse because I had a feeling to check the rear wiper first, and wouldn't ya know it, that was the problem.
Yeah the only sucky think is that the new battery was drained down to nothing once. Not good for it's long term health for sure.
I know, and I said that is what I was going to do once I had the car in my possession again. I just got the car here a few hours ago.With all due respect, a lot of us here were telling you to check each fuse. Glad it worked out.It did give several warnings before, and almost every time the battery was dead, especially if we didn't try to start it until a few hours after getting the warning.Never heard of it but why didn't it give you a warning before?
And google returns ton of results that HUM is possibly the problem. You didn't think to tell us of that before? lol
Why is Verizon Hum Causing Car Problems? (Easy Fix Steps!)
If your Verizon hum causing car problems, you must be frustated! Here in this guide, learn the reasons behind the issue & also how to solve the problem.
Does Hum drain my car battery when the engine is off?
When your car is off, the Hum OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) Reader goes into a low power mode.
maybe its defective
"Anyway, the actual battery voltage despite it reporting it was under 12 volts was actually 12.94 after sitting all day after the Alert and started just fine. Is anybody else having this problem or even use the dang thing? My in-laws insist we both have one for the accident awareness and safety reasons, but winter's a coming and I don't want to find out this little thing is draining my battery and just hasn't killed it yet."
"Hi all, I searched the forums but didn't find anything for this...I have a Hum obdII reader and service from Verizon. It's generation one and I keep getting yellow battery alerts but the voltage isn't actually low. I called Verizon and they told me to have a garage clear the nonexistent low battery code"
Anyway, so last night my daughter drives the car to work, new battery and all. She parks at 9:30pm. At 2:30 in the morning I got an alert of "rapid drop in battery voltage". Same warning the other times when the battery was dead.
I checked the app, it shows 11.36 volts.
Now, fortunately she just texted me and said the car started. Also, usually when this happens I will get another notification that the battery is back to full health.
So, what on earth is causing a brand new battery to have a "rapid decline" in 5 hours when there are no lights on or anything obvious that is drawing power?
I'm really not thinking it's a defective HUM considering the times it has sent me an alert it was accurate considering the battery was totally dead almost every time, and the other times the car was started before more time passed.
How you troubleshoot this is to turn the vehicle off, and pull out the fuses one by one and then do voltage drop tests against the specific fuse plugins.
Then once you find the specific fuse, then you need to research which modules are using that fuse and then replace that specific control module.
I have done this before and someone with minor mechanical skills can pull this off.
This is exactly what my mechanic BIL was instructing me to do earlier, and was pretty much the only useful reply here, so thank you.
Fortunately I didn't have to go through the process of pulling every fuse because I had a feeling to check the rear wiper first, and wouldn't ya know it, that was the problem.
I'd suggest getting a new battery.
I do have this other electrical issue in my daily driver that I was going to ask about .........
i havent read any of the thread but dollars to donuts it is going to be a faulty rear wiper motor just trust me on this take that to the bank bromigo
You always gotta be cautious with a short wiper.
Why did you have a feeling that the rear wiper motor was draining the battery? That wouldn’t even cross my mind as a place to start my searchIt did give several warnings before, and almost every time the battery was dead, especially if we didn't try to start it until a few hours after getting the warning.Never heard of it but why didn't it give you a warning before?
And google returns ton of results that HUM is possibly the problem. You didn't think to tell us of that before? lol
Why is Verizon Hum Causing Car Problems? (Easy Fix Steps!)
If your Verizon hum causing car problems, you must be frustated! Here in this guide, learn the reasons behind the issue & also how to solve the problem.
Does Hum drain my car battery when the engine is off?
When your car is off, the Hum OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) Reader goes into a low power mode.
maybe its defective
"Anyway, the actual battery voltage despite it reporting it was under 12 volts was actually 12.94 after sitting all day after the Alert and started just fine. Is anybody else having this problem or even use the dang thing? My in-laws insist we both have one for the accident awareness and safety reasons, but winter's a coming and I don't want to find out this little thing is draining my battery and just hasn't killed it yet."
"Hi all, I searched the forums but didn't find anything for this...I have a Hum obdII reader and service from Verizon. It's generation one and I keep getting yellow battery alerts but the voltage isn't actually low. I called Verizon and they told me to have a garage clear the nonexistent low battery code"
Anyway, so last night my daughter drives the car to work, new battery and all. She parks at 9:30pm. At 2:30 in the morning I got an alert of "rapid drop in battery voltage". Same warning the other times when the battery was dead.
I checked the app, it shows 11.36 volts.
Now, fortunately she just texted me and said the car started. Also, usually when this happens I will get another notification that the battery is back to full health.
So, what on earth is causing a brand new battery to have a "rapid decline" in 5 hours when there are no lights on or anything obvious that is drawing power?
I'm really not thinking it's a defective HUM considering the times it has sent me an alert it was accurate considering the battery was totally dead almost every time, and the other times the car was started before more time passed.
How you troubleshoot this is to turn the vehicle off, and pull out the fuses one by one and then do voltage drop tests against the specific fuse plugins.
Then once you find the specific fuse, then you need to research which modules are using that fuse and then replace that specific control module.
I have done this before and someone with minor mechanical skills can pull this off.
This is exactly what my mechanic BIL was instructing me to do earlier, and was pretty much the only useful reply here, so thank you.
Fortunately I didn't have to go through the process of pulling every fuse because I had a feeling to check the rear wiper first, and wouldn't ya know it, that was the problem.
Google was his mechanicWhy did you have a feeling that the rear wiper motor was draining the battery? That wouldn’t even cross my mind as a place to start my searchIt did give several warnings before, and almost every time the battery was dead, especially if we didn't try to start it until a few hours after getting the warning.Never heard of it but why didn't it give you a warning before?
And google returns ton of results that HUM is possibly the problem. You didn't think to tell us of that before? lol
Why is Verizon Hum Causing Car Problems? (Easy Fix Steps!)
If your Verizon hum causing car problems, you must be frustated! Here in this guide, learn the reasons behind the issue & also how to solve the problem.
Does Hum drain my car battery when the engine is off?
When your car is off, the Hum OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) Reader goes into a low power mode.
maybe its defective
"Anyway, the actual battery voltage despite it reporting it was under 12 volts was actually 12.94 after sitting all day after the Alert and started just fine. Is anybody else having this problem or even use the dang thing? My in-laws insist we both have one for the accident awareness and safety reasons, but winter's a coming and I don't want to find out this little thing is draining my battery and just hasn't killed it yet."
"Hi all, I searched the forums but didn't find anything for this...I have a Hum obdII reader and service from Verizon. It's generation one and I keep getting yellow battery alerts but the voltage isn't actually low. I called Verizon and they told me to have a garage clear the nonexistent low battery code"
Anyway, so last night my daughter drives the car to work, new battery and all. She parks at 9:30pm. At 2:30 in the morning I got an alert of "rapid drop in battery voltage". Same warning the other times when the battery was dead.
I checked the app, it shows 11.36 volts.
Now, fortunately she just texted me and said the car started. Also, usually when this happens I will get another notification that the battery is back to full health.
So, what on earth is causing a brand new battery to have a "rapid decline" in 5 hours when there are no lights on or anything obvious that is drawing power?
I'm really not thinking it's a defective HUM considering the times it has sent me an alert it was accurate considering the battery was totally dead almost every time, and the other times the car was started before more time passed.
How you troubleshoot this is to turn the vehicle off, and pull out the fuses one by one and then do voltage drop tests against the specific fuse plugins.
Then once you find the specific fuse, then you need to research which modules are using that fuse and then replace that specific control module.
I have done this before and someone with minor mechanical skills can pull this off.
This is exactly what my mechanic BIL was instructing me to do earlier, and was pretty much the only useful reply here, so thank you.
Fortunately I didn't have to go through the process of pulling every fuse because I had a feeling to check the rear wiper first, and wouldn't ya know it, that was the problem.
Probably because I don't know anything about cars, lack of know-how helped me make a lucky guess.Why did you have a feeling that the rear wiper motor was draining the battery? That wouldn’t even cross my mind as a place to start my searchIt did give several warnings before, and almost every time the battery was dead, especially if we didn't try to start it until a few hours after getting the warning.Never heard of it but why didn't it give you a warning before?
And google returns ton of results that HUM is possibly the problem. You didn't think to tell us of that before? lol
Why is Verizon Hum Causing Car Problems? (Easy Fix Steps!)
If your Verizon hum causing car problems, you must be frustated! Here in this guide, learn the reasons behind the issue & also how to solve the problem.
Does Hum drain my car battery when the engine is off?
When your car is off, the Hum OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) Reader goes into a low power mode.
maybe its defective
"Anyway, the actual battery voltage despite it reporting it was under 12 volts was actually 12.94 after sitting all day after the Alert and started just fine. Is anybody else having this problem or even use the dang thing? My in-laws insist we both have one for the accident awareness and safety reasons, but winter's a coming and I don't want to find out this little thing is draining my battery and just hasn't killed it yet."
"Hi all, I searched the forums but didn't find anything for this...I have a Hum obdII reader and service from Verizon. It's generation one and I keep getting yellow battery alerts but the voltage isn't actually low. I called Verizon and they told me to have a garage clear the nonexistent low battery code"
Anyway, so last night my daughter drives the car to work, new battery and all. She parks at 9:30pm. At 2:30 in the morning I got an alert of "rapid drop in battery voltage". Same warning the other times when the battery was dead.
I checked the app, it shows 11.36 volts.
Now, fortunately she just texted me and said the car started. Also, usually when this happens I will get another notification that the battery is back to full health.
So, what on earth is causing a brand new battery to have a "rapid decline" in 5 hours when there are no lights on or anything obvious that is drawing power?
I'm really not thinking it's a defective HUM considering the times it has sent me an alert it was accurate considering the battery was totally dead almost every time, and the other times the car was started before more time passed.
How you troubleshoot this is to turn the vehicle off, and pull out the fuses one by one and then do voltage drop tests against the specific fuse plugins.
Then once you find the specific fuse, then you need to research which modules are using that fuse and then replace that specific control module.
I have done this before and someone with minor mechanical skills can pull this off.
This is exactly what my mechanic BIL was instructing me to do earlier, and was pretty much the only useful reply here, so thank you.
Fortunately I didn't have to go through the process of pulling every fuse because I had a feeling to check the rear wiper first, and wouldn't ya know it, that was the problem.
Is there something wrong with that??Google was his mechanicWhy did you have a feeling that the rear wiper motor was draining the battery? That wouldn’t even cross my mind as a place to start my searchIt did give several warnings before, and almost every time the battery was dead, especially if we didn't try to start it until a few hours after getting the warning.Never heard of it but why didn't it give you a warning before?
And google returns ton of results that HUM is possibly the problem. You didn't think to tell us of that before? lol
Why is Verizon Hum Causing Car Problems? (Easy Fix Steps!)
If your Verizon hum causing car problems, you must be frustated! Here in this guide, learn the reasons behind the issue & also how to solve the problem.
Does Hum drain my car battery when the engine is off?
When your car is off, the Hum OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) Reader goes into a low power mode.
maybe its defective
"Anyway, the actual battery voltage despite it reporting it was under 12 volts was actually 12.94 after sitting all day after the Alert and started just fine. Is anybody else having this problem or even use the dang thing? My in-laws insist we both have one for the accident awareness and safety reasons, but winter's a coming and I don't want to find out this little thing is draining my battery and just hasn't killed it yet."
"Hi all, I searched the forums but didn't find anything for this...I have a Hum obdII reader and service from Verizon. It's generation one and I keep getting yellow battery alerts but the voltage isn't actually low. I called Verizon and they told me to have a garage clear the nonexistent low battery code"
Anyway, so last night my daughter drives the car to work, new battery and all. She parks at 9:30pm. At 2:30 in the morning I got an alert of "rapid drop in battery voltage". Same warning the other times when the battery was dead.
I checked the app, it shows 11.36 volts.
Now, fortunately she just texted me and said the car started. Also, usually when this happens I will get another notification that the battery is back to full health.
So, what on earth is causing a brand new battery to have a "rapid decline" in 5 hours when there are no lights on or anything obvious that is drawing power?
I'm really not thinking it's a defective HUM considering the times it has sent me an alert it was accurate considering the battery was totally dead almost every time, and the other times the car was started before more time passed.
How you troubleshoot this is to turn the vehicle off, and pull out the fuses one by one and then do voltage drop tests against the specific fuse plugins.
Then once you find the specific fuse, then you need to research which modules are using that fuse and then replace that specific control module.
I have done this before and someone with minor mechanical skills can pull this off.
This is exactly what my mechanic BIL was instructing me to do earlier, and was pretty much the only useful reply here, so thank you.
Fortunately I didn't have to go through the process of pulling every fuse because I had a feeling to check the rear wiper first, and wouldn't ya know it, that was the problem.
Read in another forum that with the rear wiper not working (disconnected) the front wiper spray didn't work. Might want to check that. (probably a coincidence though)
Nope. Defensive much?Is there something wrong with that??Google was his mechanicWhy did you have a feeling that the rear wiper motor was draining the battery? That wouldn’t even cross my mind as a place to start my searchIt did give several warnings before, and almost every time the battery was dead, especially if we didn't try to start it until a few hours after getting the warning.Never heard of it but why didn't it give you a warning before?
And google returns ton of results that HUM is possibly the problem. You didn't think to tell us of that before? lol
Why is Verizon Hum Causing Car Problems? (Easy Fix Steps!)
If your Verizon hum causing car problems, you must be frustated! Here in this guide, learn the reasons behind the issue & also how to solve the problem.
Does Hum drain my car battery when the engine is off?
When your car is off, the Hum OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) Reader goes into a low power mode.
maybe its defective
"Anyway, the actual battery voltage despite it reporting it was under 12 volts was actually 12.94 after sitting all day after the Alert and started just fine. Is anybody else having this problem or even use the dang thing? My in-laws insist we both have one for the accident awareness and safety reasons, but winter's a coming and I don't want to find out this little thing is draining my battery and just hasn't killed it yet."
"Hi all, I searched the forums but didn't find anything for this...I have a Hum obdII reader and service from Verizon. It's generation one and I keep getting yellow battery alerts but the voltage isn't actually low. I called Verizon and they told me to have a garage clear the nonexistent low battery code"
Anyway, so last night my daughter drives the car to work, new battery and all. She parks at 9:30pm. At 2:30 in the morning I got an alert of "rapid drop in battery voltage". Same warning the other times when the battery was dead.
I checked the app, it shows 11.36 volts.
Now, fortunately she just texted me and said the car started. Also, usually when this happens I will get another notification that the battery is back to full health.
So, what on earth is causing a brand new battery to have a "rapid decline" in 5 hours when there are no lights on or anything obvious that is drawing power?
I'm really not thinking it's a defective HUM considering the times it has sent me an alert it was accurate considering the battery was totally dead almost every time, and the other times the car was started before more time passed.
How you troubleshoot this is to turn the vehicle off, and pull out the fuses one by one and then do voltage drop tests against the specific fuse plugins.
Then once you find the specific fuse, then you need to research which modules are using that fuse and then replace that specific control module.
I have done this before and someone with minor mechanical skills can pull this off.
This is exactly what my mechanic BIL was instructing me to do earlier, and was pretty much the only useful reply here, so thank you.
Fortunately I didn't have to go through the process of pulling every fuse because I had a feeling to check the rear wiper first, and wouldn't ya know it, that was the problem.
I had also seen something like that. I thought it was the fuse being out though. Who knows. Yeah, I better check that though.
I checked the wiring diagram and there is a connection there. https://f01.justanswer.com/xsvectOR...1__and_2012_Escape_rear_wiper_schematics_.pdf
I dont think you wasted money. It was time regardless and a good first item eliminated as being the culprit.
Good thing you posted. Yep, the wiper fluid in the front isn't working, but works when I plug it back in. Well, off to find the right fuse.
Yep.Nope. Defensive much?Is there something wrong with that??Google was his mechanicWhy did you have a feeling that the rear wiper motor was draining the battery? That wouldn’t even cross my mind as a place to start my searchIt did give several warnings before, and almost every time the battery was dead, especially if we didn't try to start it until a few hours after getting the warning.Never heard of it but why didn't it give you a warning before?
And google returns ton of results that HUM is possibly the problem. You didn't think to tell us of that before? lol
Why is Verizon Hum Causing Car Problems? (Easy Fix Steps!)
If your Verizon hum causing car problems, you must be frustated! Here in this guide, learn the reasons behind the issue & also how to solve the problem.
Does Hum drain my car battery when the engine is off?
When your car is off, the Hum OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) Reader goes into a low power mode.
maybe its defective
"Anyway, the actual battery voltage despite it reporting it was under 12 volts was actually 12.94 after sitting all day after the Alert and started just fine. Is anybody else having this problem or even use the dang thing? My in-laws insist we both have one for the accident awareness and safety reasons, but winter's a coming and I don't want to find out this little thing is draining my battery and just hasn't killed it yet."
"Hi all, I searched the forums but didn't find anything for this...I have a Hum obdII reader and service from Verizon. It's generation one and I keep getting yellow battery alerts but the voltage isn't actually low. I called Verizon and they told me to have a garage clear the nonexistent low battery code"
Anyway, so last night my daughter drives the car to work, new battery and all. She parks at 9:30pm. At 2:30 in the morning I got an alert of "rapid drop in battery voltage". Same warning the other times when the battery was dead.
I checked the app, it shows 11.36 volts.
Now, fortunately she just texted me and said the car started. Also, usually when this happens I will get another notification that the battery is back to full health.
So, what on earth is causing a brand new battery to have a "rapid decline" in 5 hours when there are no lights on or anything obvious that is drawing power?
I'm really not thinking it's a defective HUM considering the times it has sent me an alert it was accurate considering the battery was totally dead almost every time, and the other times the car was started before more time passed.
How you troubleshoot this is to turn the vehicle off, and pull out the fuses one by one and then do voltage drop tests against the specific fuse plugins.
Then once you find the specific fuse, then you need to research which modules are using that fuse and then replace that specific control module.
I have done this before and someone with minor mechanical skills can pull this off.
This is exactly what my mechanic BIL was instructing me to do earlier, and was pretty much the only useful reply here, so thank you.
Fortunately I didn't have to go through the process of pulling every fuse because I had a feeling to check the rear wiper first, and wouldn't ya know it, that was the problem.
I would agree
