Dodgejourneygirl

My 2013 journey has been having trouble starting for well over a month. I use a portable booster to start it but sometimes even fully charged that won’t get it to turn over but the next day it will. I disconnected the fuse for the HFM and a few others I don’t need. When it does start, the moment I pull away, the parking brake, ABS and stability control lights come on and it beeps once, at the same time the radio screen goes black then the lights go off and the radio screen comes back on. Sometimes it does this a few times while I’m driving. Today I started it and noticed the light inside the glove box getting brighter and dimmer very noticeably. It wasn’t consistently the same for more than 2 seconds and seemed to be in sync with a whirring noise I heard from somewhere under the hood. After I boosted it today the car switched from km to miles and °C to °F. For 3 years something to do with the heater behind the glove box makes a periodic “click click click click click click” noise when the car is on and once a few moments after it has been turned off. Apparently a gear isn’t catching. Could this be the cause of the parasitic drain? The battery and engine light never come on. Thank you for your time!

Thank you John I will try to remove the Bluetooth fuse!!

Hello! My 2013 began having problems starting over a month ago. It started with a portable booster and I took it to the mechanic. He said the starter, alternator and battery are fine, something must be draining the battery. He couldn’t figure out what. Now that I have it home, sometimes it will start with a portable booster and other times it doesn’t. Seems to not like the cold wet weather. I’ve had a new alternator and battery installed within the last year. Starter was replaced within the last year and a half. I am thinking of purchasing a battery charger and leaving it to charge every night then bringing the battery booster with me. What do you guys think or recommend?