No electrical power, in garage, can't get in. HELP !!
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Hello,
Got a serious problem here, anyone who can help ??!!
Using the car as normal, working fine. Go in to the garage this morning to take it out and there is absolutely no electrical power to the car, can't open any door, boot or anything else, and it's in the garage so can't get access to left side of the car where the battery point is under the car to put a booster on, and to make things worse the handbreak is on, so can't move it. !!!!
WHAT DO I DO !!! HELP
Got a serious problem here, anyone who can help ??!!
Using the car as normal, working fine. Go in to the garage this morning to take it out and there is absolutely no electrical power to the car, can't open any door, boot or anything else, and it's in the garage so can't get access to left side of the car where the battery point is under the car to put a booster on, and to make things worse the handbreak is on, so can't move it. !!!!
WHAT DO I DO !!! HELP
Yeah fortunately, managed it.
When I got out of the car I must have caught the headlight switch and flicked it on to side-lights, which then drained the battery.
Luckily there was just enough room to get to the booster port, by just enough I mean really 'just' enough. Once connected I got access to the car.
Scary stuff however, I was under the impression before the battery died that the windows drop? Anyone else think this?
When I got out of the car I must have caught the headlight switch and flicked it on to side-lights, which then drained the battery.
Luckily there was just enough room to get to the booster port, by just enough I mean really 'just' enough. Once connected I got access to the car.
Scary stuff however, I was under the impression before the battery died that the windows drop? Anyone else think this?
I've just had my battery go flat, and my drivers door window did drop down. Problem I have is can get in the bottom to read the manual to find the battery point. Can anyone give me a clue, my other option was go to Halfords and get a Plug & GO charger that fits in the cigar lighter socket, has anyone try that route of charging before and does it work? I'm worried it might blow a fuse.
campbrc said:
I've just had my battery go flat, and my drivers door window did drop down. Problem I have is can get in the bottom to read the manual to find the battery point. Can anyone give me a clue, my other option was go to Halfords and get a Plug & GO charger that fits in the cigar lighter socket, has anyone try that route of charging before and does it work? I'm worried it might blow a fuse.
I've used the Halfords Plug & Go a couple of times on my Chimaera - successfully, when there just wasn't enough juice to turn the engine. If it's the one you are thinking about, it needs to be connected to another cars cigarette lighter and the cable isn't VERY long - to reduce loss I suppose. But it got me out of trouble, no problem.
Bob
Just had the same problem last week, left the lights on after parking it in the garage 
. Connected the trickle charger but it didn't even register the battery, so I thought I'd just connect a spare battery via the jump start point and away we go - no such luck. This gave me power to get into the car but couldn't start it as the immobiliser wouldn't disable, after speaking to the garage found I only had to disconnect the battery for a bit. Sorted just in time for the weekend 
. Connected the trickle charger but it didn't even register the battery, so I thought I'd just connect a spare battery via the jump start point and away we go - no such luck. This gave me power to get into the car but couldn't start it as the immobiliser wouldn't disable, after speaking to the garage found I only had to disconnect the battery for a bit. Sorted just in time for the weekend Gassing Station | Tuscan | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff