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  My City Rover battery runs flat 3 Jan 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I left my City Rover on the drive for 3 days and the battery is now dead. Had an auto electrician look at it and he can't find the fault. Also happened...
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  The stop start economy 29 Aug 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My husband drives an Audi A1 automatic, which has a stop/start system. The engine will automatically cut out when the vehicle stops, and when you take...
• Ford Ka2 - Are Ford being helpful? 7 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  on the dashboard, suggesting a fault with the electric power steering.  She has had it looked at by the garage she bought it from on about 7 occasions, and only on the last occasion did they track down the fault....apparently it needs a new battery which is not covered by the warranty.  Why the battery
• 2006 1.6 tdci Focus - Battery light and high pitched 'hum' 11 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  the same day, after driving 20 yards the battery light came on (the whirring is still present)  There is no loss of power, or any other fault to note.  I took it straight to a local garage, and they checked the battery voltage, at 12. something, as i was in car revving it, i couldnt really hear
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  Airpark 21 Feb 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I will shortly be leaving my 9-year-old (but extremely reliable) BMW 520i for 3 weeks at an airport surface carpark and am slightly worried it may not...
• Battery testing 21 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  [Exide] lead plate batteries in particular the text book correct way of initially charging prior to selling to a customer and the correct way to diagnose a battery failure. Initial charge: From what I can gather first I need to fill the dry cells with 1.260 electrolyte [dil. H2SO4], let them stand
• battery specs 10 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  CCA (cold crank amp) Reserve capacity (minutes) Ampere Hour (Ah) capacity The vehicle manufacturer state the battery to be used is a 600CCA / 115mins - Volvo V70 Diesel The motor factors all list this particular cars replacement to be 096/4 where 096 is the UK battery code and 4 is the number
• Expected Battery Life 25 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  I have just had a complete battery failure on my just over 3 year old Skoda Fabia 1.9tdi. The car was bought new and has covered 61,000 kilometers. Is this extremely short life usual? I know that usage patterns affect a battery, but in my case, the car rarely sits in the garage for more
• Citroen C3 2002 auto - battery warning light comes on and car stops 12 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  as above. 2minutes later will start and run fine.
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  Why does the cruise control on our Ford Fiesta fail intermittently? 10 May 2023 (Ask HJ)
  My wife has a 2020 Fiesta Vignale (125) with 18,000 miles. She has a persistent problem with both cruise control and stop-start which often doesn't work....
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  Would a trickle charger be suitable for the battery on my Lexus hybrid? 22 Nov 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I have read several of your comments advocating a trickle charge for the battery. Would that be suitable for my Lexus hybrid? And if so what would you...
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  My Range Rover fob won't activate the locking system and now the car has immobilised - what do I do? 28 Jan 2017 (Ask HJ)
  The key fob for my Range Rover P38 will not activate the central locking and the car will not start, it has been immobilised. I am not covered by any insurance...
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  Why won't my Daewoo Matiz start? 28 Oct 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I'm at my wits end with my 2003 Daewoo Matiz. I bought the car with an alternator problem, which I fixed and the car started fine. However, after five...
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  What's causing my Ford Focus' battery to go flat? 19 Oct 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I purchased my Ford Focus 1.6 EcoBoost in April 2012. Since then the battery has gone flat on three occasions. The first time was three weeks after purchase....
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  How exactly does a hybrid car work and how is the electric battery charged? 15 Feb 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My questions are: 1) How exactly does a hybrid car work? 2) How is the electric part recharged and how far would the average car travel on one charge?...
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  Electric drain set 17 Jan 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2000 Audi 2.5 TDI which suffers an electric drain somewhere in the system, if I don't start the car for 3 days the battery will be too low to...
• VW Passat 1.8 litre (saloon, sunroof) - Passat battery drain mystery 6 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  I have read some great advice on this forum before about the common water-under-seat leak problems and possible battery drains, but after trying all the suggestions I still have a mystery drain on my battery. First visible problem was water welling up on the floor carpet in the rear
• Ford Fiesta - Fiesta MK7 battery light issue 30 Sep 2020 (Forum)
  My 2011 fiesta 1.25 has an annoying problem where the battery light keeps coming on,  mostly
• 1994 Opel Astra Convertible 1.6 8v - Battery Died. Wont Start after Jumping 3 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  of radio whilst doing so and didn't think about the battery like a fool. so anyway, when I went to start it to move it back on my drive, it cranked over and slowly died. put some jump leads from my van to the astra ( the right way) and it just cranks of absolutely fine but will not fire up. has anyone any
• Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 05 model - Engine revving after battery change 25 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  Hi All, At the w/end I changed the battery on my Daughters 1.4 Corsa. Started it up and it ran fine. Today, she started it up and it was revving like mad. I checked everything and all was ok. I decided to revert back to the old battery to see if it made any difference - it didn't