took my 03 sedan in cause i put a new battery in it and it died on my the other morning..just clicked when i tried to start it,,,the security light stayed red all the way to the dealer they called me 3 hours later,,,hey,,,cant find anything wrong with the battery or the alternator...???????????????

WHAT THE HELL???????????????????

 

Ask them whats wrong. maybe reproduce it in front of them. That would help.

 

well only thing i can think of is the new battery i bought was not a good one but they said they tested it and everything is fine......tell me its not wierd that when i picked the car up 3 weeks ago the battery was dead (it got shipped from back east),,,,so i had sears test they battery they said its no good so i spent 80 on a new one..now more probs.?>??????

 

so if sears sold you a battery why not go back and bark up their tree...not the dealers?

I have seen the LED stay on before and 3 out of the 4 times ive had to fix it there was major problems with the BCM all stemming from leaving things plugged into the power sockets or cig lighters.

A slight wiggle to a phone charger can break the end of the charger off in the socket and will create a constant draw (same deal for leaving things plugged in all the time even if there is no device connected). This draw tells the BCM that there is someone in the car doing somthing so it leaves the dome lights and the auto headlights on. Well since this draw is constant it totally f--cks with the auto light timer and runs the battery dead. Well this constant draw leads to shorts in the BCM so you would need to replace the socket and the BCM. Same deal for people running power inverters.

Im not saying this is the exact thing thats happeneing, but it might. An LED on all the time isnt going to drain a battery. But there is somthing else going on thats making the light stay on.

 

well i did have my escort 8500 plugged in when i went on vacation maybe i'll unhook it and see if this persists?

 

Gee ya think?