seatbelt light issue/battery drain
 

when i got the car the buckle is missing the cover, and the connector is missing, and they also cut the connector off the harness too. could i just wire the two from the harness together, or wire in a inline fuse to it to make it think its buckled?

also i have a new battery in it, but i have a draw somewhere. is there a common cause that makes the battery drain over the course of a few days? alternator charges at 13.5v, and batt is brand new like i said. its a real annoying inconvenience. all help is appreciated. thanks.

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i had a drain in my car. all i did was just disconnected the battery every time i parked it for anything longer than like a half hour. i know its the lazy way of doing it. but wiring is confusing and this works till you can figure it out.

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Strange... my CRX has the same problem. Seatbelt lamp flashing and new battery drains. Coincidence?

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https://honda-tech.com/forums/showpo...90&postcount=8

and...

https://honda-tech.com/forums/showth...ighlight=drain

I was going to take it into honda anyway for the seatbelts... hopefully they'll just fix it for free under lifetime seatbelt warranty.

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both of my seatbelt switches are disconnected under the seat.

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... and that disconnects power to the seatbelt circuits?

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Seatbelt light only flashes when the car is on and running, not when it's off. Also noticed the door open light stays on. I don't see how it could drain the battery unless I have a wire grounded at a courtesy lamp, because the done lamp is switched off.

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Apparently the problem is the seat belt unit shorting out and drawing power? I have an appointment at Honda tomorrow to check out the seatbelts under the lifetime warranty. I'll post results.

Maybe not a coincidence... I have nothing else staying on, alternator good, battery cable replaced... We'll see what happens.

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New retractors on order for free... we'll see if that was the culprit.

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did you pay a diag fee?
UPDATE
ok, after some poking and prodding around, i havent found anything that could possibly cause it....guy at work said it could be the alternator draining and killing it after it shuts off. who knows. i took the test light and disconnected my neg bat cable and put the test light in series and touched it to the neg post, and it lit up. so apparently i have something somewhere thats grounded. dunno where tho. so i attached the test light to the neg post again and checked the bjb(under hood fuse panel), and all my 20-30amp fuses lit up and so did the bolts holding wires etc. i dont know if thats normal on a honda. i work on diesels, and thats all im use to. all im asking for is a nudge in the right direction. thanks.

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Nope. No fee. Seatbelts warrantied free of charge. =]

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man thats nice. i got to get up there and drop my car off sometime.