2006 VW Beetle battery keeps dying (fuse 42 and 14 draw)
2006 VW Beetle battery keeps dying. Battery and Alternator are new and good. I did a parasitic draw test in mAmps and at first the draw was 0.56 and then I pulled the radio fuse and it went down to 0.20. I pulled fuse 14 which says "interior lights/central locking" in the manual, and the draw dropped to 0.02. The radio is a standard radio, I don't think there is an amplifier or new accessories put on the car to be draining the battery. The only thing that is a little different than other different brand cars I've seen, is that this beetle doesn't have the little pieces that move when the doors lock/unlock. All it is is a red light that turns red when locked, and the light turns off when unlocked. The radio stays on even when car is off and without key. I figured this was killing the battery months before and had pulled the fuse. After a month, I could see that even with the radio fuse out, the car would die in 2-3 days. That's why I did the parasitic draw test. Now I don't know why the fuse 14 is drawing so much power.The interior lights haven't worked (other than glove box and trunk lights) since I got the car two years ago. Please help! I don't want to change the radio and buy a new one, if the wiring is the problem. And I don't know how to figure out why fuse 14 is having so much draw. I don't know what to do next.
