Electrical Problem Options

[KAMiX]

I've had this problem for a while and it's really pissing me off! I posted on it ages ago but got no feedback.

Anyways The battery power is lost whenever the car is off. What I mean by this is that I lose all stored radio channels, and my alarm goes off. It doesn't happen as soon as I switch her off - sometimes 5 mins, sometimes 5 hours. The car starts first time every time, and I checked the battery and recharged it a few days ago. (all in good condition).

Any thoughts?

[Andason]

I had this problem, there was a lot of corrosion on the terminals. Check inbetween the connections to see if its solid.

[KAMiX]

Yes that kind of goes without saying Andason. Obviously I cleaned the terminals when I recharged the battery! You had this exact same problem?

[Andason]

well mine wouldnt start some of the times though

[gjunon]

alrighty if you have an after market sterio you could have mixed the 2 power wires and when the car shuts off the sterio presets will get wruined it happened to my sisters 89 ford escort gt when i installed the sterio all i had to do was switch the power wires and everything worked fine but about your alarm resetting who hooked everything up??? you might want to check your ground wires ect... just my 0.02 cent hope this helps

[KAMiX]

It's the stock alarm system so I'm guessing it was either a robot or a 5 foot japanese person that hooked it up

I have played with the stereo wiring, but everything is soldered and heat shrunk so I doubt thats it. I'm thinking its a dodgy battery.

The one other possibility is that a switch I made for the power antenna is shorting, but then that would blow a fuse I would think. I have got an LED in without a resistor but I doubt that would bring the whole electrical system crashing down. I guess I'll just get the toyota people to look at it while its in for a service, but that will cost me $80 AUD per hour damn ripoffs.

[SiKBOY]

Hey Kamix, did you check the ground from the battery to the cars body?. Other than that I think it might be time for a new battery.