HELP.....dead battery and brakes like lead

[simpress]

Hope you can help here... I have a 3200GT Assetto Corsa

Battery completely flat after 4 days of car not being used...strange never happened before

Got car started with a jump

Drove car 4 miles...stalled it and battery hadnt charged at all.

Hubby had to push the car from the middle of the Euston Road up hill to a side street...very embarassing...and he tells me the car is VERY heavy

Green Flag guy said battery was charging...probably a faulty cell in the battery.

Got us started again and then on the way back home the whole car started to feel strange and the breaks all of a sudden were FULL On at the slightest touch of the pedal...impossible to drive. Green flag man took the car to the depot and it will be going to HR Owem in NW10 - any advice on what it migth be and how good HR Owen is in NW10?....Help?

I do have a warranty

Pressi



>> Edited by simpress on Monday 5th September 11:28

>> Edited by simpress on Monday 5th September 14:00

[maserati3200gt]

simpress said:

Hope you can help here... Battery completely flat after 4 days of car not being used...strange never happened before Got car started with a jump Drove car 4 miles...stalled it and battery hadnt charged at all. Hubby had to push the car from the middle of the Euston Road up hill to a side street...very embarassing...and he tells me the car is VERY heavy Green Flag guy said battery was charging...probably a faulty cell in the battery. Got us started again and then on the way back home the whole car started to feel strange and the breaks all of a sudden were FULL On at the slightest touch of the pedal...impossible to drive. Green flag man took the car to the depot and it will be going to HR Owem in NW10 - any advice on what it migth be and how good HR Owen is in NW10?....Help? I do have a warranty Pressi

I did have a Problem with my Cars Battery when the car was unused for a similar timeframe but Meridien Suggested a Battery Conditioner / Charger which has since resolved the Problem 100%.

Cost was around £45.

Hope this Helps Pressi.
Not sure of the Brake Problem but others on here will no doubt help out with info during the course of the day.

Pete

[chris_crossley]

maserati3200gt said:

I did have a Problem with my Cars Battery when the car was unused for a similar timeframe but Meridien Suggested a Battery Conditioner / Charger which has since resolved the Problem 100%. Cost was around £45. Pete

The biggest problem is if you stall it. It can be a git to restart. Normally after a bit of a run I have had recommendations to switch off and wait till all the lights go out before restarting. Seems to do the trick.

You problem sounds very familiar and required a new battery. They have a five year warrenty on them, so should be a cheap job. I also got a conditioner fitted. Don't have any problems now about £50 fitted. If its not gonna be used for a bit i plug it in.

[flidget]

I've just had the same problem. If I left my 3200 GTA for more than a couple of days, the battery was too flat to start the engine. It even seemed to struggle to unlock the doors! It may be the tracker causing a drain? A new battery sorted everything out. A battery conditioner would be an attractive option, but I leave the car outside.

Does anyone know of a battery conditioner setup that works well outside on a driveway?

[GKP]

This one:

www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=33317&doy=7m9D

[IanA]

... or check out eBay. I got mine for £14.00 incl postage.