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Old 05-25-2013, 11:13 PM
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Unhappy 04 ram 1500 battery draining

hello, i am new to the forum! if I may, this is an awesome and very infomational site, with knowledgable people.

Problem: My radio started turning off while driving a few months ago, would come back on and off as it wanted to. I lived with it. But now, my battery is draining and noticed that my dome lights were staying on even after I had locked the truck with remote. Also, the door ajar light was staying on, although my key was not in the ignition. I removed fuse #51 for the radio, cluster and dome lights. I had to jump the truck off for a couple of weeks, if I did not start it daily. Installed new battery with no luck and now it just clicks when I try to jump it, after it drains the battery. Please Help! I love my baby and want her running again.
 
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Old 05-26-2013, 03:17 PM
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Welcome to DF! Moving this to the Ram section so someone there can help you out.
 
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Old 05-28-2013, 05:38 PM
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sounds like a bad door open/closed switch.
 
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Where is the switch located and how do i replace?
 
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sounds like a bad door open/closed switch.
Where is it located and how do i replace? any help would be great! i need my babay back up and running.
 



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