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  Fiesta Active Hybrid battery drain issue - is low mileage the cause? 3 Oct 2022 (Ask HJ)
  I have owned a Fiesta hybrid, bought as a pre-reg, since November 2021. It went back to the main dealers in January because the touch sensitive locking...
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  Has our Volvo XC60 got a battery fault? 26 May 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My Volvo XC60 D5 (205) SE Lux Premium AWD Geartronic was purchased on 24 July 2010. At the beginning of August 2011 I couldn't drive for some eight weeks,...
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  What's the best trickle charger? 31 May 2023 (Ask HJ)
  My Toyota Proace is not used very often resulting in the battery draining down. Will a solar powered trickle charger keep the battery topped up? I am...
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  Will frequent charging and discharging of an EV battery lead to a shortening of the battery's life? 9 Mar 2021 (Ask HJ)
  I read an interesting article about people who charge their electric cars via solar panels or cheap rate electricity at night and then use the car battery...
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  Which type of battery charger? 16 Nov 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I have a VW Golf diesel that is used as a second car and only for long trips so hopefully avoiding DPF problems. I have been told that I cannot keep the...
• Battery is not taking off 27 Aug 2023 (Forum)
  Tecnam shelved electric aircraft. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/pioneering-electric-plane-shelved-as-batteries-only-last-a-few-hundred-flights/ar-AA1cAAkc Electric planes won't work beyond 500 miles because battery is too heavy and unlike petrol, the weight of aircraft does
• Electric car battery 14 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  Hi just wondering, if one buys a car that says that is rated to be able to do 200 miles on a full charge, how many miles does the battery lose when you got the heating on all the time, say for example on the equivalent setting of medium hot in a diesel car? Is there a way to have heating without
• What is the best car battery? 3 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  Can anyone tell me. I have a Pug 2.1td. Xmas in the Alpes, V.cold, seems to have killed it.I read somewhere that the supposedly maintenance free are not really the best. Can you still get batteries that you top up. What do you need to look for in a heavy duty battery? Thanks
• Peugeot 207 SW - Charging a defunct battery 11 Aug 2017 (Forum)
  The battery on my girlfriends car refused to start the car this moring. Just clicking. Car booked in for  a new battery on Monday. Going to jumps start it with a pack but is it safe to use a small trickle charger from Aldi overnight or one which charges up to 4 amps without
• KIA Magentis (2001 - 2005) - 03 2.5 Battery Boosters 7 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  I've seen booster packs that claim to do up to 2.5l petrol engines and yet state CCA of 400. Any batteries quoted for my car seem to start at 480 CCA. Does even a flat battery lend some CCA when jumping?
• Ford Fiesta (2002 - 2008) - 2005 1.4 Battery charging. 7 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Is it strictly necessary to remove battery terminal connectors before attaching a battery charger, or indeed not at all? In the old days with a dynamo it didn't matter. Nowadays with an alternator I'm not so sure. Recently I removed the leads and the radio worked fine with no attention afterwards.
• Peugeot 107 (2005 - ) - 2006 5 door - What battery should be fitted? 13 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  A relative has just purchased a 2006 5 door model. The battery looks odd to me as though its a non standard replacement, can anyone please tell me the AMP hour of the standard battery ? thanks
• Ford Mondeo...flat battery question 27 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  I'm asking for a friend here late 90's Ford Mondeo, they've let the car sit with a dead battery for several weeks, I'm going to charge or replace the battery what I need to know is will this make any dash warning light come on? if so is it a dealer job to re set
• VW remote key fob battery change 4 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  How is the battery changed in the remote key fob? its the one where the key flicks out.
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  Our car battery went flat because we only do short journeys. Are all cars like this? 11 Feb 2021 (Ask HJ)
  Yesterday our Toyota C-HR would not start because the auxiliary battery was completely discharged. The breakdown service started the car and I took it...
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  How can I preserve the battery of my car when it's stored over winter? 10 Jun 2019 (Ask HJ)
  I plan to over winter my old Morris Minor in an underground car park that has no source of electric power or light. What do you suggest I do to preserve...
• Mazda MX-5 - Deeply Flattened Car Battery, Revival Techniques ? 7 May 2014 (Forum)
  My Brother in Law has owned a 1.8 litre Mazda MX-5 since new, first reg 2005 but the original Panasonic Gel Battery has become so deeply discharged that none of the usual battery revival techniques seem to be effective. The car is left for weeks at a time unused with the alarm armed
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  Mothballing a MINI 19 Jun 2011 (Ask HJ)
  We live in Hong Kong but spend 4-5 weeks each summer in the UK. My wife bought a 2005 Mini Cooper (not the 'S' model) Automatic 1,598cc with 47,000 km...
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  Bat men 5 Feb 2011 (Ask HJ)
  The only way of making electrically powered vehicles practicable is to have their batteries interchangeable (charged for discharged) at drive-through service...
• Toyota Avensis 2001 1.8VVTi Petrol - Dash Battery Warning Light on 23 May 2018 (Forum)
  Hi  My battery holds 12.6 volts off the car. But is losing charge when connected to the car. Alternator charges at 14V., and engine will continue to run if positive battery disconnected. So Battery and alternator / rectifier appear to be working, but I seem to have a parasitic drain