Guest fredster Posted August 26, 2006 HI Folks, When I turn my key to the first ignition position the stereo gets power but so does the dash - all the gauges come on as does the battery light and the handbrake light. Is this normal? Its a stock 88 205 1.9. I'm worried that with the engine not running and the stereo on I'm flattening the battery or buggering the coil/dizzy/etc. cheers fred Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimbean 0 Posted August 26, 2006 DOES THE BATTERY GO FLAT IF YOU LEAVE IT FOR A FEW DAYS? IF NOT ITS FINE AS LONG AS THE RADIO TURNS OFF WHEN THE KEY IS OUT IT WILL NOT DRAIN THE BATTERY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerseypug 1 Posted August 26, 2006 all the ones i have seen do the same thing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jim21070 2 Posted August 26, 2006 Yep, Quite normal. It's common to all PSA vehicles of this vintage although later ones just leave the ignition light on... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pug_ham 244 3 Cars Posted August 27, 2006 With the ingition on first click there is no power going to the coil etc, just the accessories (guages, radio etc) Graham. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
