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Re: Will a bad BCM kill the battery?
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 4/13/2014

Hi Larry. The OEM battery for an '01 V6 Grand Am was 600 CCA. MAXIMUM allowable parasitic draw is calculated at the reserve minutes x 25% (or reserve minutes/4), which would equate to 90 x25% = 22.5 mA. That is not a value that is acceptable for a vehicle that... Login to read more.