Hi,
The story is: I bought a car that happened to have a battery drain. So I took out the original battery, connected small spare and started diagnosing. Everything was fine so far. Eventually I narrowed the problem down to fuel flap/cigar lighter/interior lights. Took out those three fuses and the drain stopped. Car was left on spare battery for a week or so. I couldn't drive it at the time but was cranking it daily to make sure battery isn't drained.
Finally I decided to charge original battery and fit it back. And this is when disaster came. After replacing the battery car won't start. What's happening is:
- when I disconnect the battery for 5ish minutes, then reconnect, put key into pos 1 I get the radio, working windows (and suppose all the rest is working too)
- after turning into position 2 I can hear the noise from under the engine cover, then a second later 'click' like a relay and everything goes off. dashboard starts going funny with meters having life of their own
-take the key out, put back and into pos 1 and I get 'Restraint System Malfunction SRS'. At this stage it seems like there's lots of load on battery, i.e. windows hardly move, when switching indicator lights dashboard dims etc.
In addition to this, boot won't open. Central lock won't work unless I use emergency key to lock/unlock, then it starts picking up.
Basically looks like total electronic madness, like if it reset. What could have happened and is there any way I can get the car to at least start so I can take it to garage?
The story is: I bought a car that happened to have a battery drain. So I took out the original battery, connected small spare and started diagnosing. Everything was fine so far. Eventually I narrowed the problem down to fuel flap/cigar lighter/interior lights. Took out those three fuses and the drain stopped. Car was left on spare battery for a week or so. I couldn't drive it at the time but was cranking it daily to make sure battery isn't drained.
Finally I decided to charge original battery and fit it back. And this is when disaster came. After replacing the battery car won't start. What's happening is:
- when I disconnect the battery for 5ish minutes, then reconnect, put key into pos 1 I get the radio, working windows (and suppose all the rest is working too)
- after turning into position 2 I can hear the noise from under the engine cover, then a second later 'click' like a relay and everything goes off. dashboard starts going funny with meters having life of their own
-take the key out, put back and into pos 1 and I get 'Restraint System Malfunction SRS'. At this stage it seems like there's lots of load on battery, i.e. windows hardly move, when switching indicator lights dashboard dims etc.
In addition to this, boot won't open. Central lock won't work unless I use emergency key to lock/unlock, then it starts picking up.
Basically looks like total electronic madness, like if it reset. What could have happened and is there any way I can get the car to at least start so I can take it to garage?