Car battery died after 4 days still. Prognosis?

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

The car is a 15 plate Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 CDTi 163, with 89k.

We stood the car from Monday unused, and last night it wouldn't start. We bought a charger from Amazon Prime and it's been on since mid afternoon, and the car has now sprung in to life.

Is this indicative of a battery on the way out, or could it be something to do with the cold temperatures we've had over recent days (or anything else?)

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

sunbeam alpine said:

This time of year - when it starts getting colder - is often when weak batteries give up the ghost. Having said that, I've also had starting problems with one of our vehicles because it's only had short journeys due to Covid - normally it would have a couple of hundred-mile journeys a week.

If the battery doesn't hold charge after a few days, it's probably toast.

Many thanks, as I suspected!

We're going to Leeds tomorrow to pick up an ebay win, so 120 miles round. We'll give it a full charge during the day, and see if that and the miles kicks a bit of life in to it.
S is a quality lead, and she was probably doing 400 miles a week before lockdown. Now it might only do 40 miles on a typical week, now she's observing remotely!

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

sunbeam alpine said:

If you park it up for a few days after your trip to Leeds and it doesn't start again, you know you need to change the battery.

Great minds think alike. This is what I had suggested to S! For all the bashing Vauxhall get on PH, in fairness, this is the first wobble the car has put our way in four years/70k.

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

To conclude. We bought a charger for about £20, and 3 hours later it showed 80% battery full, and the car started on the first key turn. No problems since, god knows what drained it, but a useful £100 saved replacing it. Now we just need to spend £130 on a new Goodyear F1 which has a slow, after it picked up a screw on the edge of it. If it has tits or wheels it will bankrupt you......