97 Sonoma Battery Drain
 

Anyone had a smilar problem where the truck kept draining the battery when it was off? When it's on the volt meter shows 14 as the charge so the alternator is working. I am looking for a way to get this problem fixed asap since my corolla's windsheild just cracked on both sides... so I need to get the truck on the road asap :(

It's a 4.3 vortec if that makes a difference on how to fix it :p.

RE: 97 Sonoma Battery Drain
 

Dead short, that can be anywhere in the system. Simplest way? Shut off the truck and see if you can hear anything that shouldn't be on, I've seen a clock on aradio drain a battery (Pioneer). If that fails, break out a test light and start searching for shorts.

RE: 97 Sonoma Battery Drain
 

my did that and the prolem was the door jam switches...take a 7/16 socket and take those off and check for corrosion and i just replaced both of mine. they were only like 3 or 4 dollars a peice at oreilly's