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[Closed] Car has just broke down again (less than a month after last repair!!)

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Ive just phoned the dealer and they have said the techie was looking at it yesterday (they have had it since monday !!) and he thinks something is draining the battery.... err no **** sherlock !!!

they wanted my permission to do some more investigation on it ??? i cant say no as the bloody thing doesnt work !

Does anyone have any ideas on what could be up with it??


 
Posted : 15/05/2014 11:55 am
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Yeah,

sounds to me like something is draining the battery mate.

HTH.


 
Posted : 15/05/2014 11:58 am
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Cheers weeksy :mrgreen:

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Posted : 15/05/2014 12:04 pm
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all they can really do is isolate circuits until the problem doesn't occur anymore.

You coudl do the same by unplugging fuses and seeing what happens. Could be a long process though.

They should be able to actually test for current flow with everything 'off' though.

have you got a small child you can shut in the boot or glove box to see if the light stays on? It's likely to be something like that.

My brother had a bmw that the battery constantly went flat on. Turned out the alarm had some new fancy gubbins in it that put more load on the battery than expected. The bmw main dealer just fitted the biggest amp/hour battery that would physically go in the tray and it 'solved' the problem.


 
Posted : 15/05/2014 12:14 pm
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