The black wire is going to a body Ground and the red wire is going to a constant Battery Source. The current draw on these devices is 50ma, so that plus what the vehicle already pulls for amperage when asleep can cause a battery to go dead. Now the device is obviously malfunctioning so it might be shorted out inside pulling more amps. Cut the black wire first leaving a small section, just in case. Then cut the red wire and cover the red wire with something so it doesn't short out on anything. These things are pretty expensive actually. But this one is no good. The black and red wires are actually on a connector going to the box, you can unplug it also, but it will be a live wire, so it needs to be covered over. I would cut the black ground first though so there is no more current flow before cutting the red. If you want, put a meter lead on the red wire and one on the battery positive set on DC volts, it should close to 0volts. In the installation instructions they have it hooked to a constant battery source so whoever installed this thing could have tapped into anything due to the low 50ma working amperage.
If you're going to through it away after this, I will take the module. The parts on e the circuit board inside can be used to repair other vehicle modules in the future.
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 AT 8:50 AM