Discovery Sport - Low Battery ?

[asimpleusername]

Just returned from a trip in the US to find my DS is telling me the battery is low.

Bought it just before Christmas, surely it cant need a new battery already?

[paintman]

If the car is brand new then take it back as a warranty issue.

If it was a used car:
How old is the car?
How old is the battery?
Was it bought from a trader or a private sale? If from a trader then take it back as a warranty issue.

[Sheepshanks]

Plus:

How much is the car used?

How long was it left at the airport for?

[asimpleusername]

paintman said:

If the car is brand new then take it back as a warranty issue.

If it was a used car:
How old is the car?
How old is the battery?
Was it bought from a trader or a private sale? If from a trader then take it back as a warranty issue.

Oh it's a couple of years old and had 8000 miles on the clock when i bought it just before Christmas from a land rover dealer.

The dealer has said this is normal and the battery will recover once i start using it regular again - which sounds odd to me.

[asimpleusername]

Sheepshanks said:

Plus:

How much is the car used?

How long was it left at the airport for?

Since i bought it it's been used daily. Then it's been left for 6 days on my drive !

[The Leaper]

I have a DS, 2015 year, 2/12 years old and 7300 miles when I bought it from a LR MD.. I regularly go on holiday for a 1-2 weeks, car kept in garage. Never had any warning lights appear.

R.

[Sheepshanks]

asimpleusername said:

Since i bought it it's been used daily. Then it's been left for 6 days on my drive !

How much use does it get though? If it's doing a short school run / shopping trip type journeys then it may eventually run down.

Did it start? Could be there's a lot of safety margin in the warning.

Or it may be faulty - seems not unheard of on DS.

[was8v]

Probably just low from running the alarm while parked up. Drive it regularly or charge it over night and it likely will go away.

However:

Stop start cars are VERY particular about battery levels, you will get that message long before the battery will fail to start the car.

I've replaced the battery on:

My 5 year old golf (Moll brand) - total failure, wouldn't start again at a junction.
Mum's 3.5 year old Fabia (also Moll brand). This had constant "low battery" warning but seemed to operate fine I didn;t want her to suffer the above.

In addition a Freelander 2 with stop start I had stopped stop starting, this was down to the battery level. I never bothered replacing the battery on that.

Batteries are not normally covered by warranties being a wear item. Try http://www.tayna.co.uk

Oh and go weigh in the old battery at a scrap dealer, I got a tenner each.

Edited by was8v on Thursday 7th February 15:35