My 1992 ES 300 has been surpising me for a while with an intermitent dead battery. If I left it for a week I could just about count on it being dead but some days I would drive it to lunch, come out and Bingo - dead. Jump start and it would run great. Might go for days or weeks without an issue. The battery and alternator tested fine.
Last week I may have found at least part of the issue. Took it to lunch, drove back with no problems and about 15 minutes later realized I had left something in the car. When I went out the front passenger side door lock was opening and locking and opening and locking and .... well you get it. Opened the hood and started pulling fuses until silence... Car barely started up but it did and I let it run until charged.
Kills the dome light and remote locks but so far no repeat. Any opinions on whether or not this is a bad switch, the solenoid going bad or some kind of short. I have the door panel off and haven't spotted any obvious "smoke". It only seemed to affect the one door (the other three were not making noise and did not appear to be moving at all).
Bob ;)
Thank you for the advice!
The Contoller might be a good guess since as I recall the switch activates all of the locks and it doesn't seem like the solenoid would always be receiving voltage. I'll find a shop amnual and see if I can find that critter.
Bob
