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• Poor tickover-new battery Mazda 626 1 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  The battery failed on my Mazda 626 the other day, I replaced it and now she starts and runs well apart from tickover which seems to be lower, you can come upto a junction and the engine will die, shell starts up straight away , but the tickover is now lumpier since the battery change . I can live
• Daftest way to drain your battery 1 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  was totally flat battery! Wondered- what is the daftest way that BR colleagues have managed to drain their batteries?
• 1999 T reg Golf GTI Turbo/Battery saver? 14 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all, I have the above car and the battery is almost knackered, due to me using it only occasionally as i use my van for work 6 days a week. My question is will I damage the brain or anything else by removing the battery in order to fit a new one. Any advice greatfully received
• Volvo 805 T5 battery problem ? 30 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  Any of you technical chaps got any thoughts as to why the battery on my brother's 850 T5 keeps running down. It's not old and seems to lose its charge even after a long run on the motorway. The obvious thing to do is to buy another but could it be something else which might damage the new battery
• Ford Focus 59 plate MKII - Battery selection 21 Jun 2019 (Forum)
  What battery is best suited for this make and model. Ford Focus 59 plate MKII 1.8 L Petrol Regards Peter
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 01 1.9 Battery change in key fob. 17 May 2008 (Forum)
  Hi anyone know how to change the battery in the key fob for central locking. Thanks
• Nissan Primera '99 - battery problems 18 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  I own a Nissan Primera '99 just bought this car and ive had to jump start it twice every time i use radio the battery seems flat
• 306 battery terminal 6 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  i just changed my battery over and realised that the terminal is cracked and therefore loose.i wondered if anyone had renewed a terminal before and if so how do you connect it to the original wiring thanks
• VW Caddy 2.0 SDI 2010 - Battery replacement 24 Jan 2023 (Forum)
  My Caddy has been reluctant to start for a while now and I am looking to replace the battery with something more heavy duty. So far I have looked at Halfords (as there is a branch in town) and Ebay, but am struggling to find a battery with higher figures than the one in the van (these are 78Ah
• FIAT Panda - Starting-Clock zeroes-Rattle behind Dash-Battery? 4 Jan 2019 (Forum)
  2011 Fiat Panda. Current battery is an Exide 12v40AH. (original battery?) When starting car from cold the car starts OK with not much cranking but often the dash clock time resets to 0 and there is a rattle behind the dash/console on the Right Hand Side - perhaps a relay clicking
• Peugeot 406 (1996 - 1998) - 1996 to 1998 - Battery charge light 29 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, Please help and confirm my problem. My Pug 406, is a strange beast at the best of times, but yesterday the battery charge light came on whilst driving, albeit a bit dim and almost flickering, as I drove home i noticed my lights seemed to be getting dimmer and dimmer, the cd stopped
• Honda Jazz Hybrid - Honda - HV Battery Charge Too Low to start 15 Sep 2023 (Forum)
  Hi there,   I have a Honda Jazz 2021  - Hybrid.   I have been away for about 6 weeks and left my car, and now I am getting the message: High Voltage Battery Charge Too Low - Vehicle Cannot Start with all warning lights when I attempt to start
• Ford Fiesta - Ford Fiesta Intermittent Battery light 4 Mar 2022 (Forum)
  Hi, I’m having a problem with an intermittent battery light on a 2011 Ford Fiesta. 66,000 miles on the clock. First happened shortly after I bought it last summer. Came on when motorway driving but went off after restarting the engine. Then in the winter it came back on and shortly after broke
• Toyota Aygo - Battery Problems 13 Nov 2017 (Forum)
  Hi all, I had a new battery fitted about a year ago now (so its relatively new). Recently every day on ignition it seems to struggle to start (which it does, but sounds a bit pathetic). On colder days it struggles even more, abt a week ago it didnt start the engine at all (the glowplugs
• Any - Unsafe Battery Change Procedure on Wiki How (IMO) 9 Nov 2017 (Forum)
  Or Wiki "No Way, No How" Perhaps its just me. Does anyone else see big bang potential in this picture? [img]https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/9/9d/Change-a-Car-Battery-Step-8.jpg/aid159539-v4-728px-Change-a-Car-Battery-Step-8.jpg[/img] The out-of-shot terminal MIGHT
• Any - Car Battery/Starter 27 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  Recently, my daughters car (Peugeot 307 auto) had a flat battery, turned out she'd left the interia light on. For last Christmas my son had bought me an RAC Jump Starter Heavy Duty 400 amp. However, it would not start the car & we ended up taking the battery off & charging it overnight
• vauxhall zafira A - Flat battery mystery 30 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  I have a strange problem, recently my Zafira battery has died a couple times but only after really short journeys. The first time I moved the car from the street to my drive then it refused to start again without a jump. The second time I drove a few hundred metres up the road to petrol station
• citroen xantia - Citroen xantia sudden battery drain 3 Jul 2015 (Forum)
  Hi  I started my citroen xantia P reg estate out side my house about 3 weeks ago and it started no problem. Stopped outside the surgery started no problem. Parked in supermarket car park in the shop about an hour came out and there was no power in the battery at all
• Skoda Octavia - Battery Leakage 13 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  Battery Leakage seems to be an ongoing problem with this model - ours is a 55 plate Tdi. Having scanned through a number of internet discussions, I've come to the conclusion that  for someone with very little in the way of a technical brain, the safest option is to invest
• Nissan Micra (2003 - 2010) - 2003 1.2 How to open the doors? 24 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  So... The battery had died 8v remaining because my mother had been in hospital and she could not drive for a while... I opened the bonnet, locked the doors with fob, disconnected the battery, closed the bonnet, charged the battery overnight (hence why i locked the doors)... The question is how do