Battery Flashing Sign (Red) on dashboard

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Fri 26 Jan 2007 20:15
Battery Flashing Sign (Red) on dashboard - Everybody's Fool
I have a Citroen C3 1.4 03 model, which has run very well, howver one thing I have noticed is sometimes that if I have the stereo/in-car lights on without the enjine running that after a while there is a red flashing bateery symbol on the dashboard.

The car is driven very regualry so it's unliekly to be because the status of energy in the baterry is low.

Is this a simple warning to turn the engine on so that the battery does not get drained.

Its a bit of dumb question which I may well have already answered, however could someone give me confirmation.

Cheer

EF
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Fri 26 Jan 2007 20:34
Battery Flashing Sign (Red) on dashboard - David Horn
It's a normal Citroen thing. It's to warn you that you're draining the battery, and is actually mentioned in the manual. ;-)
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Fri 26 Jan 2007 20:40
Battery Flashing Sign (Red) on dashboard - pmh
Its special Citroen thing! Battery saver mode, it will turn everything off after a certain time if it thinks that you have left the vehicle with some accessories running. The aim is to stop you flattening the battery.

Read the handbook, I think it is explained in it!

The Picasso has something similar which seems to have a mind of its own if you leave anything connected to the cig lighter socket. A Nokia hands free kit left plugged in even lets the intermittent wiper fuction after you turn off the ignition!



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Sat 27 Jan 2007 00:25
Battery Flashing Sign (Red) on dashboard - David Horn
Ah, Peter, seems great minds think alike. :P
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Sat 27 Jan 2007 23:16
Battery Flashing Sign (Red) on dashboard - frazerjp
I can remember my Dad telling me he once drove along the M4 in this then Fiat Tempra on his way home from Newbury.
It was a rainy night so he had his headlights, wipers & radio on.
Whilst driving a long the red battery light came on, he was slightly alarmed at first, he immediately switched the radio off & a few seconds later the light disappeared.
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