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• BMW 523 electrical problem 6 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  My dad owns an R plate BMW 523. Hes been having a few problems with the battery going flat when left for extended periods of time (=>3/4days). Its not due to driving short distances as he drives to carlisle and back from nottingham each week. He has had a brand new BMW battery and the problem
• Smart chargers 17 Jul 2021 (Forum)
   Has anyone any experience of the NOCO Genius5UK smart battery charger?
• Do you think it's the battery? (Vectra) 13 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  immediately, or occasions when it's needed to turn over a good few times before starting up - so I'm not entirely surprised - I suspected something was up but put it down to the cold weather. So before I phone a man who can - my instinct for what it's worth is that the 2-year-old battery has had it and I need
• Mazda CX-5 Sport Nav 2016 - Serious battery issue after having car service 22 Oct 2019 (Forum)
  the bonnet his first words were "there's your problem" the negative battery connection was loose, on opening the positive cover this was also loose. He tightened both connections and everything was OK. I contacted the dealership who assured me that the battery connections were not touched during the service
• Renault Megane 99/T - Central locking not listening..? 25 Jul 2023 (Forum)
  it was parked, I disconnected the battery to keep the immobiliser from draining it. Some weeks later it's all back together, so I charge up the battery (which didn't take more than 20m) and I went to start the car. 1999-era Meganes are peculiar in that to disarm the immobiliser after
• Ford S-Max 1.8TDCi Zetec 07 Plate 17000miles - Ford SMax Power Loss - Critical Engine Fault 20 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  that once the bugs had been ironed out - then surely this would be a good motor.....little did I know Then we had the mysterious battery drain...resulting in a new battery... Further battery draining problems that led to us needing jump starts at least a dozen times from the guys in the Ford
• Ship carrying Porche's & VW's on fire in Atlantic. 20 Feb 2022 (Forum)
  -ion batteries in the electric cars on board the vehicle carrier Felicity Ace have caught fire and the blaze requires specialist equipment to extinguish, captain Joao Mendes Cabecas of the port of Hortas said. It was not clear whether the batteries first sparked the fire. “The ship
• 2019 SE NAV + 2019 Hyundai Tucson - 2019 Hyundai Tucson Starting issue. 23 Sep 2021 (Forum)
  Hi all My Tucson's had no issues starting until today. in short this happened; Normal key; Opened all ok, turn key= nothing  (car battery lots of juice).. Tried several times, all the same. Got spare key ; car started first time and every time when tried
• 2003 NISSAN MICRA III K12 - 2003 NISSAN MICRA III K12 Identifying rubber pipe 24 Sep 2019 (Forum)
  recently removed the car battery and I noticed a rubber pipe behind it with one end not connected to anything. The following links show the end of the pipe in the engine compartment with a red arrow pointing to it -  photo1
• Rover 75 V6 Tourer, automatic petrol, 28k miles - ROVER 75 2004 - REMOTE LOCK/UNLOCK NO LONGER WORKS 11 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  I opened my car with the remote on Boxing Day only to find a flat main battery.  AA installed a new one and everything was working fine.  I drove the car a few times, but on 9 Jan when I went to the car I found the remote key fob did not work at all.  AA came out again and said
• Skoda Fabia Elegance 1.9 TDi - Alternator? ECU? 2 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  I have a 2002 Skoda Fabia, 1.9 TDi.  Car was fine for a few weeks (I bought it used) when suddenly the dashboard lights started to flicker, power steering died, and I had to limp home.  First recharged battery, as engine would not start again, but that was a very short-lived fix
• Pug 306 1999 - pug 306 power steering failure. 9 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  and all is fine there. However, the battery on the car is really tired and is in need of a new one, you can tell by the way the car starts up really lazily and slow. Sometimes it needs 2-3 turns of the key to get it fired up, By this time you can hear the battery literraly dying as the car is firing
• Citroen C3 Stop Start Auto 5 door 2005 - Problems with the ECU, Actuator and Car hopping 29 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  Used this car for 13000 miles and then had problems with trying to start it, advised by dealer to fit new battery, did and everything OK for 18 months. 2 years later car started hopping and became dangerous to drive, took to dealer and advised to fit new battery, did this and everything
• why doesn't anyone develop something like this? 20 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  , simple, quiet petrol/diesel/biofuel generator. Reserve power for (say) 60 seconds of full bore acceleration provided by batteries charged by main generator when not under full load / regenerative braking. Without knowing specifics about energy density, charging rates, electric motor
• Vauxhall Astra G Coupe/Convertible (2000 - 2004) - 03 1.8 Loss of Power Steering and Electrics 8 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  then eventually kicks back in. While all this is going on the engine does not cut out. However if i turn off the engine and try to restart, its as if the battery is disconnected and its completely dead. If i leave the car for half an hour it restarts no problem (stereo reset though, like battery
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - 02 1.6 Several electrical related problems 11 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Please help! I have a 1.6 8v club 2002 - cig lighter would not work so i changed the relay 15amp - then next day battery dies - no lights nothing - put new battery in - recoded radio ok - but when i put the rear heater on engine stalls, air conditioning - engine stalls - also no illumination
• electrical problem - Pug 405td 11 May 2004 (Forum)
  came out of work last night and car (405td) wouldn\'t start, seemed like the battery was flat (6mths old) when you turn the key all the dash lights go out, had the car jump started and started to drive home, the heater fan kept coming on even though it was switched off, at the same time abs warning
• Kia Venga - KIA keys 5 Jul 2022 (Forum)
  st key co, Lo and behold One new battery later, all works as it should. Testing and cost of a new remote battery. £10.oo. They were going to book into main dealer would have been half an hour plus VAT.
• Renault Megane E-Tech Electric - Emergency Services 10 Mar 2022 (Forum)
  switch under the rear seat cushion that will terminate high voltage circuits, and that there is a port accessible through which the battery can be flooded. It’s said that a battery fire can be extinguished in five minutes, rather than leaving it to burn for two or three hours.
• Vauxhall Combo 1.3 cdti - Vauxhall Combo 1.3 cdti lottery starter! 29 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  Hi all, I have 2007 Vauxhall Combo 1.3 cdti, starting her is a lottery, cold or not, plenty of power in the battery (new) turns the engine