Hello!
I've had my 2013 Journey (2.4L) since new, and she's been a great car. With just over 100K on her, I've only had to replace the thermostat housing...and a few batteries. Which brings me to my problem. I've replaced 3 batteries in the last 3 years. Now 1, even 2, I could write off as duds...but now I'm looking for another issue. So here's the troubleshooting I've done: Charged the battery (looks good); Isolated the negative terminal and hooked up my multimeter...what I see is a 2 A draw for about 2-3 minutes (I understand thats normal when the battery is freshly reconnected), but after those 3ish minutes, there is a steady draw of 0.5 A....WAY to much. Anyway, I started pulling fuses, and when I pulled the 'abs valves' fuse, it drops to 0.001 A. I repeated this 3 times...same results. Now the question....where should I start looking from here? I bought a .pdf service manual, but it's fuse diagram is different that the one on the fuse box cover, so I'm going to have to assume its garbage (glad I wasted that money). Any advice or common trouble areas with this specific system? Is it possibly mislabeled on the fuse box? I would think its more likely the radio or proxy-key system causing an issue.... I do know there is a recall involving water shorting out something in the abs system, and I did take it in to the dealer for that service...but could they have failed to actually perform it?
Thanks for any advice and help! I've been scouring the web trying to find more info, but have come up empty time and again (aside from the thousands of people with a similar problem, but seems likes its always a different cause).
