Battery drain

Hello Ken,

I checked what you told me to. Everything checked out okay, but I did find something. The evening that I was running the test, my daughter stopped by our house on her way home from work. She asked me what I was doing, so I told her about the battery running down every other day or two. She told me that last month while she was driving our car that she noticed that there was a blinking light going on and off up under the dash. I checked this out and sure enough, she was right. Whoever owned the car before us had mounted some kind of wiring attachment. On one end of the unit (#1white) wire was attach to a hot wire under the dash. On the other end of the unit (#2 black) wire was attach a black wire that came from the OBD unit. The (#3 red) wire was also attack to another wire coming from the OBD unit, but I couldn’t see what color the wire was, to many other wires. Also on this wiring attachment, there is a green light and a red light. The green light is what is blinking. I am sent you a hand drawn picture of the unit, plus some photos, the photos isn’t that good, but maybe they can give you some kind of idea.

Hello Ken,

I wanted to let you know how things turned out. First off, that blinking wiring attachment that I told you about, it is called Modbuz, finance company's put things like that on vehicles when financed, if you get so/many days behind on payments the vehicle won’t start until you make a payment. The model is a completely self-contained device, requiring constant power and ground to operate. Within the case are two antennas for both GPS data and GSM/GPRS communication. This device is installed in a concealed location under the dash. I have enclosed a photo below, but it is not a good picture, but it will give you an idea what one looks like. I went ahead and removed the device. We made our last payment on the kia on June 15, it has taken us five (5) years to pay for the car. No more car buying for us for a long time we hope. Now onto the other problem, the battery test failed. The batter is almost four (4) years old. We plan on replacing the battery when we get our ss checks the end of this month. Thank you again for all your help.
Sincerely,
Bill H.

You are welcome, you all have helped me out over a number of years. This is the least I could do for you all. I hope the information will help someone else. Thank you again. You be safe and God Bless You. Sincerely, Bill H.