drover300tdi
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ok so I decided to charge my battery as ive not used my 300tdi very much in the last few weeks and last time I started it from cold she seemed to struggle a bit not a huge amount but as the miles is so low I decided to put it on a low charge over night.
put the charge wires on to the battery (and being in a hurry did not disconnect the battery from the wiring in the car) closed the bonnet fully and locked the car with the remote as normal.
Came to unlock the car this morning and remote not working, tried my other remote that doesn't work either (I know it did) so got in the car with the key.
Popped the bonnet and removed the charger leads.
Turned on ignition and everything lit up as normal then the immobilizer light started to flash as I tried to start her.
On reflection ive probably caused this by not removing the battery to charge (and im kicking myself big time) ive searched for a link on here before asking you for help but haven't found anything, anyone able to point me in the right direction / explain what ive done.
Ps had the drover a few years now and never a remote problem so im sure ive caused this!
put the charge wires on to the battery (and being in a hurry did not disconnect the battery from the wiring in the car) closed the bonnet fully and locked the car with the remote as normal.
Came to unlock the car this morning and remote not working, tried my other remote that doesn't work either (I know it did) so got in the car with the key.
Popped the bonnet and removed the charger leads.
Turned on ignition and everything lit up as normal then the immobilizer light started to flash as I tried to start her.
On reflection ive probably caused this by not removing the battery to charge (and im kicking myself big time) ive searched for a link on here before asking you for help but haven't found anything, anyone able to point me in the right direction / explain what ive done.
Ps had the drover a few years now and never a remote problem so im sure ive caused this!
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