You're talking about the EP series hatch.
From 2006-2011 it was the FK(5 door) and FN(3 door) chassis.
The FK2 and FN1 had the R18A2 engine
A parasitic draw is when something is drawing power from the battery when it shouldn't be in other words acting like a parasite and draining power from the battery.
To test, firsly make sure your multi meter is set to the AMPs scale and probes are in the sockets for testing AMPS (DO NOT SET IT TO THE MILLIAMPS or mA) and turn on.
the remove the ground cable, attach a multimeter probe to the cable and touch the other probe to the negative battery post.
It should spike to a amp or so then go down as the ECU goes into sleep mode and the lights turn off.
If the current draw is higher than 0.05Amps or 50mA if your multi meter is auto ranging you may have a parasitic draw issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF1gijj03_0
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