jadefox
Active Member
Ok, so hubby and I have had an argument this morning as I feel like there is something wrong with the battery on the car, and I feel like a low battery will make a difference on the performance of the car.
A little history; there has been a few times recently when some of the electrics have played up a little - silly things like the key fob taking about 5 attempts to open or close the car, the electric windows messing about etc & then the other day I was sitting in it with the engine just on the ignition lights, but the command was on, I'd just had a 5 minute phone call, and the heated seat was on, and all of a sudden the command said - "due to lack of battery power this unit will shut down within 3 minutes" I then tried to turn the engine over and it was dead, took the key out, phoned the AA and by the time I had got back into the car, it decided it would turn over! As I drove it off from that incident it sounded like a tractor - was slow to pick up and basically sounded like it was really p!ssed off lol
When we got in it today (I was driving) the engine took ages to pick up - the acceleration was sluggish and the performance was bad until we'd been driving for about 10 minutes.
He said the performance of the engine has nothing whatsoever to do with the battery. I disagree.
I think that the newer engines are power hungry and they will naturally draw more from the battery, so if your battery power is not at full capacity, it stands to reason that the cars performance will be effected?
Can any of you superbly intelligent people tell me if I'd barking up the wrong tree (in which case I'll have to admit that Mr Jadefox is right! )
A little history; there has been a few times recently when some of the electrics have played up a little - silly things like the key fob taking about 5 attempts to open or close the car, the electric windows messing about etc & then the other day I was sitting in it with the engine just on the ignition lights, but the command was on, I'd just had a 5 minute phone call, and the heated seat was on, and all of a sudden the command said - "due to lack of battery power this unit will shut down within 3 minutes" I then tried to turn the engine over and it was dead, took the key out, phoned the AA and by the time I had got back into the car, it decided it would turn over! As I drove it off from that incident it sounded like a tractor - was slow to pick up and basically sounded like it was really p!ssed off lol
When we got in it today (I was driving) the engine took ages to pick up - the acceleration was sluggish and the performance was bad until we'd been driving for about 10 minutes.
He said the performance of the engine has nothing whatsoever to do with the battery. I disagree.
I think that the newer engines are power hungry and they will naturally draw more from the battery, so if your battery power is not at full capacity, it stands to reason that the cars performance will be effected?
Can any of you superbly intelligent people tell me if I'd barking up the wrong tree (in which case I'll have to admit that Mr Jadefox is right! )