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I'm in need of a bit of assistance. I'll try to make a long story as short as possible. I bought a used car in NY and the owner was protective of it in installing security features. There was an aftermarket alarm system drawing power from one of the cylinders to misfire. Went to the dealership to get it cut. Misfire stops. Fast forward 2 months. My battery died and got jump started. Worked fine for two weeks. Died again. Jump started. Anyone would think it's a dead battery, right? Got it tested; it performs better than perfect @ something like 659 cold cranking amps. I got left with another surprise. When my mechanic was checking the battery, he saw the fuse box as well, which is a huge concern to me right now. It seems as though everything is electrical taped. I don't know if it's for organization or if they were messing around too much. Mechanic said it looked like a backyard job. The catcher: there's a resistor connected somewhere, which I nor he could explain. Attached a picture, just below the center is the resistor. My car has been acting fine for the last couple weeks but I'm wondering if these are any tell tale signs of unnecessary power draw or if massive electrical work will need to be (or should be) done? TIA.

Fixed but of course, now there's another issue. Check most recent post here.

 

How sure are you?

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I don't know where any of it leads to. There's an auto electrician I was going to bring it to that has excellent reviews but I don't want to shell out a lot of $$$ if it's completely unnecessary. Don't know why different colors are spliced together. I'm going to assume it's all related to an aftermarket alarm though. On another note, I'm getting A LOT of work done to my car later today - remote start, sub, amp, steering wheel controls, back up camera - this won't interfere with the fuse box mess will it? Thanks for the help.

 

Not that I know of. I am getting one installed today though. As well as an amp.

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I have a 2008 Nissan Altima Coupe 3.5SE V6. I don't recall the name of the alarm though. Some cheap $50 alarm from audiovox I think.
For what it's worth, when the wire was cut from the old alarm system, power levels were returned to normal. Before that, power levels were way off. I'll be really disappointed if the alternator has an issue.

 

You were right. It was an old remote starter I didn't know about.

It was a stock radio. The remote start appears to be the relay & battery issue. Getting it removed.

 

Yes you would.

 

Strange cause the remote start doesn't exist anymore. Just the relay for it. But anyways:
JL Audio 10w3v3 10" sub
Alpine MRX-M55 amp
Back up camera
Pioneer AVIC-8000NEX
Steering wheel controls
Remote start using original key fob

 

It's all (kind of) fixed now. Parasitic leak is possible cause battery keeps dying (battery tests perfectly at two different shops). Everything else is installed. Gotta go back for a steering wheel control programming issue though.

 

Tried ASWC-1, didn't work. Tried an older one and worked but now programming is all ****ed up and stopped working. Waiting for an idatalink maestro SW to come in and trying that next.

 

Yes. Tried multiple times, the car doesn't accept it at all. Rejects every command. Also tried multiple modules of the same ASWC-1 so it's not a lone unit defect.

 

That's what I used last time. PAC SWIxx (don't remember last two). It doesn't work. Got the maestro in today, hope that one works.