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• Bmw E34 battery going flat 28 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Hi there Use car every week day(Bmw E34 j reg 518i)works fine, but come the weekend when i am not using it, it goes flat as a doh doh by Monday morning. It has a new battery and its been tested. They say the alternator is fine. Any suggestions what it might be, and has anyone ever experienced this problem before. Thanx very much Sam
• VW Caravelle T4 2.4 diesel electric prob 15 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  what a bad week were having ,this is our 2nd caravelle gone wrong ,the problem is on this that all the instrument gauges go down and at the same time the battery is getting very hot and bubbling ,1 month ago it had a new alternator fitted from vw as the battery would be flat every morning and this cured that but now we have the opposite effect but a battery totally overcharged ???????
• General: battery costs 26 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  The battery in my MB E320 Coupé is just giving out after eight years (I think it's the original). Checking around, I find (incl. VAT): Halfords 75Ah (HB096) £64.99 Bosch 72Ah from GFS (German, French, Swedish) £52.88 MB dealer 62Ah £79.59 (including £13.10 for acid as a separate item) MB dealer 100Ah alternative £121.58 (ditto) Bosch it is then, and not just on price grounds.
• Solar battery chargers - any good 29 May 2004 (Forum)
  My wife has a short journey (about a mile) to and from work, and the car battery doesn't really have time to get charged enough even to replace what it uses to start the engine. Has anyone used a solar powered trickle charger? Are they any good? I know that "walk" or "get the bus" are alternative solutions, but as the car is all paid for I don't think I would win that argument!
• A basic (perhaps even stupid) question 3 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  I know that shrugged shoulders of despair will result,but please sympathize and indulge me by answering these questions: Can the battery on my Saab 9.3 Tid be charged (with a mains operated battery charger) in situ whilst still connected to the electrics ? Apart from the radio code, do I need to be aware anything else if the battery is disconnected: ie will the ECU and other electronic gubbins reset itself etc ?
• Omega Battery light on, loss of Power St 5 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  This Omega just goes from worse to worse after my engine ans gearbox problems today just done a 20 minute round trip and whilst driving round a roundabout the power steering failed nearly causing me to crash and the battery light is now permanently on. Has anyone any ideas? Turning the car is an absolute s**, any takers on fire bombing this heap of crap please?
• Mazda MX5 roadster coupe - Battery keeps going flat 21 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  again no fault found .Sometimes the battery was discharged after the car had only been left undriven for 3-4 days.so i never know if it is going to start. Dealer has replaced one battery as it had become damaged by being flat so much ,they have carried out parasidic draw tests to see if there is undue drain on battery while car is parked ,no fault found. all tests show no fault with car.
• Dodge Caliber - Car won't start - battery issue? 8 Jan 2019 (Forum)
  I took it to a national, reuptable servicing company after a couple of times of it not starting who ran a diagnositc on the battery and they said it neeed a re-charge and to go on a long journey (apparently i do too many short journeys and it doesn't re-charge properly). Given that i have a battery charging device, i didn't do the long journey but re-charged the battery, but this hasn't worked.
• Time for a new battery? (Part ii) Civic 9 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  I commute 100 miles per day Mon-Fri, so this is not likely to be a problem during the week, but the car is not used at weekends, so I need to get this sorted to avoid having to jump-start every Monday morning! Battery was purchased from Halfords (3 yr guarantee) so I took the car down to the store near to my place of work to get it checked today. "Good Battery," says helpful Halfords chap. He suggests that something is draining the battery.
• Tuning box/Battery probs 18 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  The next day after having the unit fitted, I started the car and drove to work with no problems. Later that day when I attempted to start the car, the battery was completely dead! The battery is the original Vauxhall Delco maintenance free battery, and is only 15 months old! How can a battery just suddenly fail without any warning whatsoever? Any one had any experience of this before?
• Toyota Prius - The next target for thieves? 20 Sep 2019 (Forum)
  A lady in San Francisco went to her car after it had been parked overnight to find that thieves had removed the $10.000 traction battery through the back window. All 180 pounds of it. In Prius hybrid cars, the battery is located under the backseat. Its location makes it hard to remove, as does its size. "We looked it up and the battery weighs 180 pounds," Marjory Kaplan told KTVU.
• Ford Mondeo 2.0 tdci 130 2005 - battery light stays on dashboard when driving 24 Nov 2017 (Forum)
  i got it replaced plus a new fan belt and for a couple of days it was fine,but now  the battery light is back  when driving and my front demister will not work,car is driving fine though. any ideas what problem could be.  
• BMW 3 Series Compact - Battery Starter Packs 4 Aug 2017 (Forum)
  My car battery, still under warranty, in an old 3 Series BMW seems to be playing up. Tested by the supplier (it is a Varta brand) it usually shows as "battery good, needs charge" even after being charged fully (CTEK-MX5) a few days earlier.
• Ford Fiesta Saloon - Repeated Flat Battery 16 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  It has solved the problem and, in addition, we always make sure that all lights, heater, fan, stereo etc are switched off before we switch off the ignitions and lock the car - this ensures that the battery is not having to fire-up these accessories when next we come to start the engine.
• Land Rover Range Rover Sport - Battery drain and flat 18 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  I think this is a common problem with these release catches. Its a Ford part and its used on some Discoverys as well I think. So if you have a battery drain problem and you cannot open the upper tailgate, this might help.
• Renault Megane II - Injector Fault 29 Aug 2011 (Forum)
    Yesterday I went out in it twice and then went to use it again and nothing worked as if it was a flat battery - tried to jump it from our Grand scenic but still no joy - still as if was flat battery but electrices were showing life.  Tested battery and it showed 12.9V. Whilst try to jump start it with leads it showed up "Injector fault" but hasnt appeared since.
• Nissan Micra (1983 - 1992) - 88 1.0 Red oxide on +ve battery terminal 21 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  The +ve battery terminal was furring up. I went to clean the fur build-up off & noticed there was a coating of like a Red Oxide underneath. It didn't come off easily, I had to scrape it off with screwdriver, file & sandpaper.
• Standing a car for long periods - battery drain 17 May 2009 (Forum)
  It's MOT'd , insured and on a SORN at the back of a property, off road , outdoors. The problem is the battery , which gets drained after about 2 -3 weeks, probably due to the Thatcham 1 alarm fitted . The car is stored about 2/3 miles away so i can't start it as often as I'd like . Now, I've seen these products for sale , converting sunlight via solar panels to top the battery up.
• Toyota Avensis (1997 - 2002) - 97 2.0 Battery loosing charge 8 May 2009 (Forum)
  If not used for about a week, the wife's Toyota will fail to start with a flat battery. The car has been to several garages to solve this problem to no avail. The engineers who have looked at this were reputable & recommended. Not main dealers or back street units. We are on a third new battery, meters have been used all over the car.
• Vauxhall Cavalier (1988 - 1995) - 1994 1.6 New battery, now ABS light is on? 6 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Hi there, I am not motor minded at all and today I changed my first battery! - but since i have done this the ABS light on the dash board has come on and stays on, with this cold weather I don't want to risk driving it if there is a potential problem with the brake system - but I am sure it has something to do with the battery change as it was fine before - does anyone know of this happening or how to cure it?