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I've a 56 plate saab 9-3 vector sport and for some reason recently, the battery has been dying whilst sitting overnight. I took the car to kwik fit who told me that the battery seemed fine but that their equipment notes a noise which meant that something was staying on in the car. No internal lights are on, the cd player is empty, lights off etc so would anyone have any ideas as to the cause?

Thanks in advance
 
Had a similar problem with my BMW e46. After turning the ignition off and returning to the car later I'd find the battery would be flat. After ruling out the battery and alternator I searched BMW forums. The culprit was a part called final stage resistor. Basically it could switch the heater/air-conditioning on with no key in the ignition. I sat in the car one day after taking the key out and lo and behold the heater came on.
I got hold of a new part and replaced the old one. Absolute stinker of a job BTW but it did the trick. Don't know if Saab have this part but I doubt its beyond the realms of possibility. Common fault on e46s.
 
I've a 56 plate saab 9-3 vector sport and for some reason recently, the battery has been dying whilst sitting overnight. I took the car to kwik fit who told me that the battery seemed fine but that their equipment notes a noise which meant that something was staying on in the car. No internal lights are on, the cd player is empty, lights off etc so would anyone have any ideas as to the cause?

Thanks in advance

Welcome aboard....:santa1:
 
an auto electrician would probably be your best bet.

it will need some test equipment to find this fault, you could randomly change parts but that will probably be expensive and might not fix it.

if you know what your doing a multimeter,owners manual and a helper and you could find it

(as long as there is drawings for what each fuse does)
 

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