First, I do not have the keyless entry remote that came with the car, long gone and as such the alarm has long not been used (like 5+ years not used). This alarm came with the car when I bought it new from the dealer, had the Hyundai H logo on the pendant so I'm guessing it's not aftermarket.
Problem started last night when I ran into Wal-Mart for 10 minutes. When I came back to the car I tried to start it and it was dead, would not start. I got a jump and she started right up. Weird since my battery is less than
6 months old. Then I noticed the red light on top of the steering wheel was on. Solid red. Back when I used it, when the alarm system was "armed" it would blink, when the system was off the light would just be off. I don't recall it ever being solid red. So I stop by a friends house and just to see what it'll do I turn off the car and try to start it again immediately, nope nothing. Lights work but no radio and no start, and that damn alarm light is still on above the steering wheel, will not go out. Fine, I pull out my DieHard battery charger/tester and it tells me the battery is 100% as is my alternator. So I jump the car with it and it starts up no problem first go. I'm annoyed now so I just shut it off and go inside for awhile, eat some dinner. I come back out to jump her again and head home about 30 minutes later, but now when I hook up the charger it comes on and says my battery is at 96%. In a span of 30 minutes it's lost charge. Something is now draining my battery and making me unable to start my car without a jump every time. Any ideas? I'm guessing the damn alarm light that is now solid has something to do with it? Is my alarm somehow going off silently and draining power? Before that light came on everything was fine...Thanks for any help,
A. Smith