Hello,
My first foray into this forum so hope someone can help.
I bought my MX-5 a couple of years ago and all was fine. Unfortunately i don’t get to drive it on a daily basis but i started to notice the battery going flat after only a few days. I replaced the battery but the problem persisted.
I knew something was draining the battery but not being technical enough to go through testing individual fuses i took it to my garage who basically identified it as the CP2-UNI and pulled it out.
Now the battery’s fine but i do like having my volume control on the steering working and was wondering if maybe the CP2 was faulty and if i could get it replaced with a good working unit. My garage is way too busy and discouraged me from putting it back or spending time on it for some reason. Has anyone else had a similar problem and could recommend a good garage in/near north London that would do the job properly?
Not heard of your prroblem before. I had an audio problem with our Mk3 and got a cheap one off e8ay BUT it made no differecne to my original problem (it turned out to the head unit).
Anyway - you may want to contact Connects2 to see of they can help. They were very good with my many quesitons of late.
My intial thoughts were that it might be wired incorrectly, and wired to a permanant live instead of a switched on.
However, the wiring diagram would indicate that the yellow wire is a permanent live.
I’d be tempted to refit it, wiring the yellow to a switched live instead.
Whats the worst that can happen ?
The steering wheel controls won’t work with the ignition off.
Thanks for the reply. Yes i agree. it’s either a wiring issue or maybe the switch is now faulty and playing up.
i think i’ll have to make a trip to a garage to get this looked into.