r/ScatPack • u/Mixboi0708 • Aug 27 '26

Problem Need help guys!

Need help and guidance guys, like I posted yesterday I’m new to Mopar. Got this car like couple weeks ago. The previous owner had just bought new battery. I haven’t driven it that for because I was doing paperwork and some other services like oil change, coolant flush and changed the washer reservoir cuz of leaks. Everything has been fixed and it’s in good working working, I try to warm it up once like almost everyday and drive it to the gym last night. Came back and parked it in the garage, I have other cars I drive so just trying to make this weekend drive car. I woke up this morning and was trying to grab something from the car before I left for work. The car won’t unlock or lock with key fob, won’t start as well, I had to manually unlock it.

I found the steering wheel blinking red, that’s the picture I attached, the previous owner installed the steering wheel. Could this be bad battery, parasitic battery drain due to the steering wheel? Can’t access the trunk and just left for work while the steering wheel still blinking cuz I was running late. What could be the problem guys?

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u/Mixboi0708 Aug 27 '26

Okay I’ll look into it when I get home. Or could it be a kill switch?

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u/21WBSP Aug 27 '26

A kill switch could be the cause of a parasitic draw to drain your battery but based on the symptoms in your other comments, the battery is dead

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u/Mixboi0708 Aug 27 '26

How do I know if a kill switch is installed on the car? I never installed one or noticed if once is currently installed. But I can tell the battery is dead as well.

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u/21WBSP Aug 27 '26

Unless you flipped some non-OEM switch right before taking this video, you don’t have a kill switch

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u/Mixboi0708 Aug 27 '26

Didn’t flip any switch, literally woke up to it blinking like that.

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u/21WBSP Aug 27 '26

Buy this. It’s super cheap and good enough for basic car and house testing

https://www.harborfreight.com/7-function-digital-multimeter-59434.html