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<blockquote data-quote="gateguard1" data-source="post: 16995693" data-attributes="member: 205149"><p>I have scoured the Internet, forum after forum, looking for a solution to my GEM issue, and I can not find anything. I have an 01 Cobra I bought with a parasitic draw that was "due to the factory stereo" and in turn had a kill switch wired to the ignition to combat that. As I'm trying to restore this car, I decided to open that can of worms, and yup of course it's actually a GEM issue. Dropped the car off with my mechanic and he's even used an IR imager to view the GEM is on and drawing power after the car is off for extended periods of time. He says the only solution he can think of is replacing the GEM itself but then you're stuck with a used GEM that could do the same thing all over again. Now there are hundreds of threads all over the Internet talking about Ford's crappy GEM from this era, but through all of that no one has found a solution. Everyone says something along the lines of "yup it's a GEM issue, notorious" with no info on what to do about it. As it's 2024 I obviously can't replace the module with a new part. And I see plenty new edges on the roads so obviously this common issue has some sort of fix otherwise these cars would all be junked. I mean unfixable battery drain is a big issue, the average car owner wouldn't just deal with it. So I want to see if maybe there's something I'm missing, a keyword I'm not using when looking. And then when I find a solution I would like to create a definitive write up for anyone else in my boat on how to fix the issue the correct way. I'm sure a good few of you here have had GEM issues, so what did you do? Are you all really just running ignition kill switches? Cutting the GEM wire altogether? Running a junkyard GEM praying it works for as long as possible? Or is there a bigger picture fix. I'm %100 willing to admit ignorance here, maybe I'm a complete idiot and missing someone huge, in which case please let me know. My goal is just to have the car function like it should from factory. Power locks, no battery tender, no kill switch. Thank you</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gateguard1, post: 16995693, member: 205149"] I have scoured the Internet, forum after forum, looking for a solution to my GEM issue, and I can not find anything. I have an 01 Cobra I bought with a parasitic draw that was "due to the factory stereo" and in turn had a kill switch wired to the ignition to combat that. As I'm trying to restore this car, I decided to open that can of worms, and yup of course it's actually a GEM issue. Dropped the car off with my mechanic and he's even used an IR imager to view the GEM is on and drawing power after the car is off for extended periods of time. He says the only solution he can think of is replacing the GEM itself but then you're stuck with a used GEM that could do the same thing all over again. Now there are hundreds of threads all over the Internet talking about Ford's crappy GEM from this era, but through all of that no one has found a solution. Everyone says something along the lines of "yup it's a GEM issue, notorious" with no info on what to do about it. As it's 2024 I obviously can't replace the module with a new part. And I see plenty new edges on the roads so obviously this common issue has some sort of fix otherwise these cars would all be junked. I mean unfixable battery drain is a big issue, the average car owner wouldn't just deal with it. So I want to see if maybe there's something I'm missing, a keyword I'm not using when looking. And then when I find a solution I would like to create a definitive write up for anyone else in my boat on how to fix the issue the correct way. I'm sure a good few of you here have had GEM issues, so what did you do? Are you all really just running ignition kill switches? Cutting the GEM wire altogether? Running a junkyard GEM praying it works for as long as possible? Or is there a bigger picture fix. I'm %100 willing to admit ignorance here, maybe I'm a complete idiot and missing someone huge, in which case please let me know. My goal is just to have the car function like it should from factory. Power locks, no battery tender, no kill switch. Thank you [/QUOTE]
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