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05 BMW X3 Parasitic draw
Posted to Technical Tips Forum on 11/17/2011

We recently had this problem. We found an intermittent draw of about .500 ma. It would come and then go. The draw was caused by the TCU module. Turns out this module can cause a .500 ma draw at 15 minute intervals for up to 14 hours! It has something to do wit... Login to read more.