Keypad draining battery

[bosshogg]

The entry keypad on the driver's door pillar will start flashing for no reason when it is parked. This causes the battery to die after a couple days. I've done all of the things like disconnecting the battery for a few minutes, looked for any fuses that I could pull, hooked up a diagnostic tool, and finally took it to a Ford dealer...nothing has worked...can you guys help...PLEASE...I have a 2010 SHO that works fine...the problem is on her 2016 Taurus Limited
Thanking you in advance,
Bosshogg

 

[Johnbigdog]

Sound like the pad is bad? Its touch sensitive so if it thinks it's being touched all the time I could see it causing a drain. There is pid data that can be monitored with a scan tool for the pad. This will tell you if the bcm is seeing a false input.

 

[bosshogg]

Sound like the pad is bad? Its touch sensitive so if it thinks it's being touched all the time I could see it causing a drain. There is pid data that can be monitored with a scan tool for the pad. This will tell you if the bcm is seeing a false input.

Thanks John...haven't had a chance to use the scan tool yet

 

[rubydist]

historically there are lots of issues with the touchpad keypad. when I was at Lincoln, a big share of the lease returns needed that replaced because they didn't work and those were only 3 years old...

 

[dupontj]

This is an old post so hoping you all get an email notification that I have a question. I haven't noticed my keypad flashing on/off but I am experiencing a parasitic drain. Yesterday I pulled fuses and the biggest culprit was fuse 5 (Transmission Shifter Solenoid, Keyless Keypad). What was your solution to fix your keypad, and might I be seeing a similar problem?

 

[rubydist]

You can disconnect it or replace it.

 

[dupontj]

You can disconnect it or replace it.

How difficult is it to disconnect the keypad?

 

[kryptto]

Take a look @dupontj

 

[dupontj]

Take a look @dupontj

Awesome. Thank you.