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Right in front of the glovebox on the downward facing lip of the dash. Find the light and there is a 3-position setting switch to the side.

This is a pretty good guide to explain the process of finding a parasitic drain.

https://www.google.com/amp/m.wikihow.com/Find-a-Parasitic-Battery-Drain%3Famp%3D1?client=safari

You want to use the fused amperage setting of your meter. It's commonly a 10A, 15A or maybe 20A setting. You're doing this with the car off otherwise you would blow the fuse in the meter.

The basic process is to hook up the meter in line to the negative battery cable and then pull (and put back) each fuse until you find the one that has the draw. Once you find it, then you isolate everything on that fuse until you find the problem.

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Right in front of the glovebox on the downward facing lip of the dash. Find the light and there is a 3-position setting switch to the side.

This is a pretty good guide to explain the process of finding a parasitic drain.

https://www.google.com/amp/m.wikihow.com/Find-a-Parasitic-Battery-Drain%3Famp%3D1?client=safari

You want to use the fused amperage setting of your meter. It's commonly a 10A, 15A or maybe 20A setting. You're doing this with the car off otherwise you would blow the fuse in the meter.

The basic process is to hook up the meter in line to the negative battery cable and then pull (and put back) each fuse until you find the one that has the draw. Once you find it, then you isolate everything on that fuse until you find the problem.
Kind of like what was described in this thread....
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