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AA replaced my flat battery five days ago with (their own brand?) AGM 900amp. Service is great - they come to house and 2 hours later it's all done. (Don't forget driver's seat has to be dealt with to install battery.) Added bonus is that I have AA repair cover so only paid £35 for £300 battery.
That's the good news. Three days later, dead as a dodo. AA call out and jump lead start, but now fearing it'll let me down again. Have become neurotic and turn off everything I can think of that may stay on overnight (interior sensor, towaway protection, even Comand on/off.)
The only clues i have are that the Parktronic beepers have never been reliable and turn themselves on and off at will. And secondly, when I got into the 'dead' car there was a very loud alarm sound from the dash that stayed on for 20 minutes. Not a burglar alarm sound, more like the loudest warning imaginable from a car fault.
The dash and all displays were dead so I couldn't see what the alarm was for.
Other electrical oddity is the rear entertainment monitors. They started to show TV Error permanently, but after two jump lead starts from flat they came on perfectly. It's as though something reset them. Might see if there is a fuse for them I could play with to recreate function
Is there a diagnostic to see if anything is sneakily draining the system overnight? AA will check battery if I ask but it means another call out and I would prefer something obvious!
Alan
That's the good news. Three days later, dead as a dodo. AA call out and jump lead start, but now fearing it'll let me down again. Have become neurotic and turn off everything I can think of that may stay on overnight (interior sensor, towaway protection, even Comand on/off.)
The only clues i have are that the Parktronic beepers have never been reliable and turn themselves on and off at will. And secondly, when I got into the 'dead' car there was a very loud alarm sound from the dash that stayed on for 20 minutes. Not a burglar alarm sound, more like the loudest warning imaginable from a car fault.
The dash and all displays were dead so I couldn't see what the alarm was for.
Other electrical oddity is the rear entertainment monitors. They started to show TV Error permanently, but after two jump lead starts from flat they came on perfectly. It's as though something reset them. Might see if there is a fuse for them I could play with to recreate function
Is there a diagnostic to see if anything is sneakily draining the system overnight? AA will check battery if I ask but it means another call out and I would prefer something obvious!
Alan