lazyxj
NAXJA Member #1310
- Location
- Los Angeles
Recently, my 01 has started cranking slow after sitting overnight. The battery is less than two years old.
Yesterday I decided to check the battery cables and grounds, looking to find the cause or to verify the battery is dying.
With the hood open and ignition off, I could hear a slight humming, checking inside, it was coming from blower motor...WTF? Nothing else inside was energized, just the fan.
No wonder the battery was drained overnight.
Verifying the ignition wasn't energized, a session with the FSM schematics show no way for this to happen unless the blower motor relay was stuck. Problem was, where is the relay?
The FSM didn't show the location and I couldn't find it.
Searching several XJ sites, I finally found of mention of it being located behind the glove box. It is a standard Bosch-type relay and, yes, the contacts were stuck closed.
A fresh relay cure the problem. Much cheaper than buying another battery.
I posted this in case someone else in the future is searching for a fix to the same issue..
Yesterday I decided to check the battery cables and grounds, looking to find the cause or to verify the battery is dying.
With the hood open and ignition off, I could hear a slight humming, checking inside, it was coming from blower motor...WTF? Nothing else inside was energized, just the fan.
No wonder the battery was drained overnight.
Verifying the ignition wasn't energized, a session with the FSM schematics show no way for this to happen unless the blower motor relay was stuck. Problem was, where is the relay?
The FSM didn't show the location and I couldn't find it.
Searching several XJ sites, I finally found of mention of it being located behind the glove box. It is a standard Bosch-type relay and, yes, the contacts were stuck closed.
A fresh relay cure the problem. Much cheaper than buying another battery.
I posted this in case someone else in the future is searching for a fix to the same issue..
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