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• Jeep Grand Cherokee 2014 - Siren Alarm Battery Fault 14 Sep 2019 (Forum)
  Hi Everyone! I was wondering if anyone knows where the siren alarm battery is on my 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee? It is appearing with a fault on the ECU and also won’t let me lock the car as after it’s set it automatically starts sounding! Any ideas would be much appreciated!
• Vw touran - Touran battery light problem 10 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  The battery light comes on when I am above 3000revs but goes off again if I drop below. There is also a whirring sort of sound when I accelerate or rev the car but the acceleration is as normal. I'm wondering if this could be the belt slipping or badly worn making the noise and the light come on or possibly the clutch pulley on the alternator.
• 2000 (W) 1.2 Corsa - Vauxhall Corsa won't start 8 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  All 'normal' lights lit on dashboard, turn key and all we get is a clicking sound from engine. Took battery out and re-charged - no effect, still won't start. Battery is original in car - 10 years old, although still has green marker showing on top of battery. Any ideas ?  
• Repeated battery failure - Renault Grand Espace electrical problem 22 May 2010 (Forum)
  We have just fitted the fourth battery in five years to our 05 2.2 diesel auto Grande Espace. The Renault garage has no ideas and don't seemd to think this is odd. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this? The last one lasted 3 months and that was after the alternator had also been changed.
• Ford Transit Connect (2002 - ) - 99 2.5 dead battery 15 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Hi guys i hope someone can help with this please, I have a brand new exide battery for a london black metro taxi that has been stood still for 3months and has gone flat.I have tried charging it and still no life what can i do to get a full charge????? Thanks taxidriver
• Honda Civic UK (2006 - ) - Recall - electrics discharging battery when parked 22 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, anyone come across a recall announced just before Christmas over Honda Civics having flat batteries after 3 or 4 days standing? My dealer told me after our Civic was dead on the drive! Anyone know where you can get details of the recall? Durelli
• Jaguar S-Type (1999 - 2007) - 05 2.7 Won't start after battery was left discharg 27 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  My brothers 2.7 diesel S type auto. will not start after leaving the battery flat for a long time, everything seems to work but when the key is turned nothing happens (as if you are in Drive and not P or N) any ideas anyone please?
• FIAT Punto II (1999 - 2006) - 01 1.2 Battery charge time 29 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Can anyone tell me how long a battery should take to charge. I've put two new ones in this car, each went flat, and each have taken 5 hours to charge when they went flat. Is that right?? I thought they would be charged in a couple of hours?
• Solar powered battery charger 25 May 2008 (Forum)
  I passed a motor spare/accessories shop today and they had a promotion of solar powered battery chargers. These are laid on the dashtop and plug into the cigarette lighter. Basically they seem like a good idea. However although I would not heitate to use one on an older car I was wondering about modern electrics with anti-theft and immobiliser circuitery.
• Battery disposal 24 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  My daughter bought a new battery for her Micra, and conveniently (for her) left the old one in my garage. I know I can take it down the local tip, but I'm sure I've read here quite recently that they're worth a few bob (Bell Boy I think - What's happened to him?)
• Radio/alarm code keeper 21 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Found this whilst looking at a Battery website, may be a useful item to put in your tool kit. Billy SPECIAL OFFER Gunson Intelligent Memory Keeper Worried about changing a vehicle battery in case you lose your radio code or interrupt your alarm/immobiliser?
• Escort 1.8 1992 not starting on battery 5 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Engine wont fire up on key start, battery good, turns over engine well, but it will start car easy when bump start car in just about 3 metres of road. Please can some one suggest some thing to help me over come problem.I have replaced ht leads and spark plugs.
• Battery Charging 2 May 2004 (Forum)
  But I was told today that I can never get back to full charge on the alternator and must put the battery on a trickle charger, at least overnight. As I haven't met any starting problem, is this true?
• Battery health. 17 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  I'm away for Xmas so it will have been left a total of two months in the freezing garage without use. Is it worth taking the battery out and popping in on my *8amp* charger for a while? I'd like to take it out for a 2-3 hour blast but there simply won't be a chance.
• Solar panels 25 Apr 2025 (Forum)
  Been pondering fitting a ten panel solar array plus battery system at the old ponderosa. Lowest price I’ve got to date with a 5kwh battery is £10,995, or £12,500 with 10kwh battery. The estimate savings are around £900 a year which means the system will take over 14yrs to pay for itself on the assumption that I use the subsidised 0% mortgage for renewables/insulation offered by my building society which gives you 5yrs interest free, then switches to the svr.
• VW Passat - Do I need to Replace Battery? 8 Jan 2021 (Forum)
  Its a stop start model so you are looking at £150+ for a new battery, something I could do without buying at the moment unless really needed.
• any - EV battery charging method 16 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  It will be tempting when you go shopping or park somewhere even at home to 'top up' your batteries, but will doing so shorten the lifespan...ie do batteries have a finite number of recharges or time or use or what exactly governs the expected life? Will they require running almost flat every so many charges and then a long trickle charge or could you rapid charge them from only half charged permanently to no detriment.
• Ford Focus MK2 - Battery / starting issues 14 Jun 2019 (Forum)
    My queries are: can the battery show a good output when not 100% and is thet anything else I should be looking at apart from the wiring?   Thanks Gary
• Ford mondeo TDCI 2007 Ghia - Battery light coming on/slight smoke from bonnet 21 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  Had a bit of a nightmare over last couple of months with this car so much i just want to get rid of it!! Our new problem is battery light coming on about 30 seconds after start up, no problems starting or signs of low battery etc but just recently we also now have slight smoke coming up from under the bonnet. We do have squeaking noise that has been gradually getting worse and ive been told this is the tensioner?
• 2006 Ford Focus Zetec 1.6 - Ford Focus - starting problems 27 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  A few weeks later I tried to start the car to go home after work and was met with the immobiliser light flashing a sequence, a lot of relay chatter from passenger fuse box and a ticking/whirring from under bonnet - after a few attempts it died completely as if the battery was flat. I jumped the car the next day and had the battery / alternater checked and all looked good (alternater is 18 months old, battery around 4 years) All has been fine until today, tried to start the car again, same problem, flat battery.