airarmstx200

Active Member

• May 22, 2011

• #1

yesterday car would not start onboard dash battery light was illuminated engine not running.
jumpleaded from mates disco it started right away. it just about started this morning i stopped off at shop on way to work this morning and would not start again just ckicking sound from alternator. urgent advice please.

 

angeloc

Well-Known Member

• May 22, 2011

• #2

How old is it and is it original battery?

 

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nickcc

Well-Known Member

• May 22, 2011

• #3

Sounds like a dead cell in the battery, the life of a good battery can be as low as 5 years, dependent on usage.

 

airarmstx200

Active Member

• May 22, 2011

• #4

ive had the car approx one year now so im not sure of the age of the battery.
but at least i can eliminate it if it dont give anymore probs.

cheers guys.

 

angeloc

Well-Known Member

• May 22, 2011

• #5

airarmstx200 said:

ive had the car approx one year now so im not sure of the age of the battery.
but at least i can eliminate it if it dont give anymore probs.

cheers guys.

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What the vehicle is one year old?

 

Optimus Prime

Well-Known Member

• May 22, 2011

• #6

angeloc said:

What the vehicle is one year old?

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no, he's saying he's had it a year, but that doesn't mean it was new when he got it

if it turns out to be battery u/s, have the alternator charging output checked just in case it didn't just fail from old age

 

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Balf68

New Member

• May 23, 2011

• #7

Same thing happened to mine a bit back. Put in a new battery but had to end up fitting a new alternator. Not a bad job, quite cheap as well.

 

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redrenger89

New Member

• May 23, 2011

• #8

If you get one of those nice new battery charger conditioners it will tell you if you have a cell faulty and it will check your alternators charging as well.

You can leave it on your battery if its laid up for some time too

 

markyzs180

Active Member

• May 26, 2011

• #9

so come on then!!!! did you get a new battery? was is the alternator? had you left ur lights on?

this is one thing that really gets my goat on forums, get on when you've got a prob, ask everyone to help then can't be ar$ed to update the thread with the solution which would probably help someone out in the future.... ok, rant over

 

Mantamad

New Member

• May 26, 2011

• #10

Must have been the battery