Citroen C5 exlusive estate Auto 2.2 deisel - Flat battery

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Sat 30 Jan 2016 13:34
Citroen C5 exlusive estate Auto 2.2 deisel - Flat battery - bluntysaurus

When I leave the car for more than about 4 days the battery goes flat(new battery). I have put the car into a local garage and the only fault they came up with was dodgy earth connections which they cleaned.

After locking car and leaving again for 4 days- battery flat again. Leave it unlocked all ok.

Any ideas please?

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Sat 30 Jan 2016 14:50
Citroen C5 exlusive estate Auto 2.2 deisel - Flat battery - Quicksilver

Does it have a light in the glovebox or engine bay or boot that does not go out when you lock it? It could be a faulty switch.

Does it have a heated rear screen radio antenna? It could be that one of the blocking capacitors has failed thus allowing a reasonable current, (say 100mA) to flow.

Just suggestions on where to look.

Q.

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Sat 30 Jan 2016 16:44
Citroen C5 exlusive estate Auto 2.2 deisel - Flat battery - elekie&a/c doctor

You will need to find a techy that can carry out an IOD (ignion off draw)of the electrical system and then carry out a systematic test of all the electrical consumers to isolate the circuit with the problem.Could even be the alternator.

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Sun 31 Jan 2016 21:33
Citroen C5 exlusive estate Auto 2.2 deisel - Flat battery - DanCactus1200

I see you say it has a new battery? Why was the battery changed? Is it a premium battery? And was the problem there before it was changed?

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Mon 1 Feb 2016 00:13
Citroen C5 exlusive estate Auto 2.2 deisel - Flat battery - Peter.N.

It doesn't have an aftermarket radio does it, that can cause the ECU to not shut down or keep waking up if it doesn't have the correct adaptor leads.

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