Flat Battery has caused electrical problems

[bigeckfaetherigs]

Hoping someone can help here; just back from 5 weeks out of the UK and left the AM parked in the garage with the trickle charger on - or at least I thought it was (but someone knocked the extension lead out of the socket - O.H. has admitted liability)and when I tried to start it this morning the starter motor made a hell of racket like a machine gun being fired from under the bonnet. I called out Green Flag (other road side recovery firms are available!!)and they quickly determined it was a flat battery and duly jump started it. After he had left I noticed that there was a warning message saying that the alarm needed serviced and also the electrics for the driver seat were not working. Later in the day the warning message has now gone but driver seat is still not working - passenger seat is.

Any ideas how to rectify this?

[steveatesh]

Possibly a fuse, IIRC drivers and passengers are on separate circuits, and I believe they are in the fuse box under the passengers carpet. Best machined fuse box cover I e ever seen !

Hope you get sorted.

[tonyhall38]

go for a good drive...30 minutes or more....re charge the battery as much as you can....then do a battery reset....should clear the faults...then again it might not...as i am no expert...

[bigeckfaetherigs]

Tony, Been out for a good hour or so today with some switching the car off and on several times. How do you reset the battery?

[Neil1300r]

What year of car?
After 2008 they deleted the battery reset button. Previos to that was an actual button - can't remeber where as not near my car, but its in the manual.

Hopefully soemone else will remember where it is for you.

[bigeckfaetherigs]

Mine is a 2010 MY - so no reset button?

[tonyhall38]

Is it not in the boot next to the trickle charger plug.....if I recall , I done mine once by accident and had to remove the rear seat to reset....

[steveatesh]

bigeckfaetherigs said:

Mine is a 2010 MY - so no reset button?

Mine is also MY2010 and it does not have such a reset button.

Have you checked the fuses?

[Neil1300r]

Check fuses there is no reset button on hour MY.
Am assuming the seat won't move in any direction

[AMDBSNick]

I may be wrong but I think the alarm needs to be reset too by a dealer even though the light has gone out. Mine did. Drive it without tags or phone paired and see if you get the call. I don't think you will

[V12Vanquish]

If the battery has been left flat for even a short period of time, it's probably worth thinking about replacing it. Modern batteries don't like left flat and only last for 4-6 years.

Regards the seat you could try the seat reset routine. I'm surprised the windows didn't need reset as well.

[bigeckfaetherigs]

The windows seem to be ok, however the wing mirrors are not folding on locking.

How do you do the seat reset? It is not moving at all

[V12Vanquish]

If it's not moving at all you must have a blown fuse.

[bigeckfaetherigs]

So I am now trying to find the fuse box in the passenger footwell!!

Pulled back the carpet and there is an aluminium plate with 6 allen screws and foam on the floor - is it behind the plate or under the foam or somewhere else altogether?

[Neil1300r]

bigeckfaetherigs said:

So I am now trying to find the fuse box in the passenger footwell!!

Pulled back the carpet and there is an aluminium plate with 6 allen screws and foam on the floor - is it behind the plate or under the foam or somewhere else altogether?

Under the plate on the floor

[bigeckfaetherigs]

Sorted - but here's the confusing bit. The fuse was OK and I also checked the passenger one too and both fine, then low and behold when I switched the car on the drivers seat is working again!! the folding wing mirrors was just a reset in the drivers menu options. - Thanks all for the quick help and advice.

[V12Vanquish]

I think your battery is probably past its best. If you get any more issues or thrown codes replace the battery. I had a very similar problem with a Chrysler, a new battery fixed everything.

[Gio1210]

bigeckfaetherigs said:

Sorted - but here's the confusing bit. The fuse was OK and I also checked the passenger one too and both fine, then low and behold when I switched the car on the drivers seat is working again!! the folding wing mirrors was just a reset in the drivers menu options. - Thanks all for the quick help and advice.

If the battery started creating such issues, it's time to change it. It happened to me a few weeks ago. Changed the battery and everything works fine!

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