Dead(ish) battery
Discussion
Bought my 2023 as an ex-demo, not quite one year old in September and just less than 2000 miles, IIRC. Apart from a few niggles which will be booked in for warranty work, I’ve had no major issues.
A couple of weeks back, I got into the car and pressed start only to be met with a clicking noise. Tried a couple more times and it was evident that whatever power was getting to the car (dash was illuminated), was diminishing. I also had a brake malfunction warning. I suspected dead battery even though the car has a ten mile run each way, mainly on dual carriageway - plus often a blast at lunchtime - every day and hadn’t cause any issues prior.
I called Alpine recovery and they sent a lovely RAC chap who was with me in less than half an hour. He did some tests and my battery was depleted though not fully empty - nothing had been left on. After charging it up a bit, the battery reading was reading as ‘good’. However, he installed a new battery under warranty after opining that my battery was probably marginal at best and the increased draw over the autumn and early winter had left it with no reserve.
Anyway, was all sorted very quickly and efficiently and no problems since. Just writing this post to add to the existing knowledge base.
A couple of weeks back, I got into the car and pressed start only to be met with a clicking noise. Tried a couple more times and it was evident that whatever power was getting to the car (dash was illuminated), was diminishing. I also had a brake malfunction warning. I suspected dead battery even though the car has a ten mile run each way, mainly on dual carriageway - plus often a blast at lunchtime - every day and hadn’t cause any issues prior.
I called Alpine recovery and they sent a lovely RAC chap who was with me in less than half an hour. He did some tests and my battery was depleted though not fully empty - nothing had been left on. After charging it up a bit, the battery reading was reading as ‘good’. However, he installed a new battery under warranty after opining that my battery was probably marginal at best and the increased draw over the autumn and early winter had left it with no reserve.
Anyway, was all sorted very quickly and efficiently and no problems since. Just writing this post to add to the existing knowledge base.
Miserablegit said:
I suggest you get a plug in voltmeter for the 12v socket to check your alternator is charging - there have been issues with alternators.
Surely if the issue was a charging faut it would throw up a light on the dash ? And you would hope the rac person would have checked the output .bimsb6 said:
Surely if the issue was a charging faut it would throw up a light on the dash ? And you would hope the rac person would have checked the output .
That would be the obvious thing to have but I assure you there is no “light on the dash” for charging faults…progress, apparently!I know from bitter experience
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