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Went to get it out of the garage this morning to find the battery completely dead, not even the alarm went off when I opened the door with the key

Anybody got any ideas what could have caused this, the car has only been sat in the garage since Thursday last week

This is the first time its ever let me down..........

Did you leave anything on by mistake?

No nothing left on charging or anything........very

Don't know if it's sheeite or no but I heard that a tracker can drain a battery?

Bonovox wrote:Don't know if it's sheeite or no but I heard that a tracker can drain a battery?

Did think about that myself, but I haven't got mine active as they're a waste of time these days.......something to investigate though

Tracker, alarms will all run the battery down if left for long periods, Funny enough, I was awakened this morning at 5 to the sound of my alarm on my WRX as the battery goes flat the alarm thinks it strange so sounds the alarm, Had to start my transit van and bring it closer to it and use jump leads for a bit of extra power as the keyfob wouldnt do anything either because there wasnt enough power in the car battery lol, I was popular this morning with my neighbours lol

One thing that is strange tho is why your alarm never went off before the battery went flat

WAYNE WRX wrote:One thing that is strange tho is why your alarm never went off before the battery went flat

Yep, my alarm started going off a few weeks back because the battery was low. But, it had been left for 6 or so weeks.

My battery use to go flat but alarm never went off?

JP wrote:My battery use to go flat but alarm never went off?

Lights are on, nobody is home syndrome?

WR1 Bro wrote:

JP wrote:My battery use to go flat but alarm never went off?

Lights are on, nobody is home syndrome?

Whachya talking about willis?

Problem solved, once I had got it recharged I drove it out of the garage I noticed that one of the front interior lights was on.......

I now remember checking the service book in the dark when I got home on Thursday night............what a fecking muppet

PMSL... Alarm would not sound with the interior light on because the car wouldn't get scared in the dark?

presa900 wrote:Problem solved, once I had got it recharged I drove it out of the garage I noticed that one of the front interior lights was on.......

I now remember checking the service book in the dark when I got home on Thursday night............what a fecking muppet

It may have gone off as we were away on Friday night until late on Saturday, haven't seen any p1ssed off neighbours yet

Just got a new battery at the weekend as mine went flat again & wouldn't take a charge this time.
My alarm always sounds when it goes flat & it always happens at night never during the day Which ends in a mad rush trying to get dressed , find the keys & a circuit of the garage to grab a 10mm spanner before i wake the whole neighborhood lol.

Gee Wr1 wrote:Just got a new battery at the weekend as mine went flat again & wouldn't take a charge this time.
My alarm always sounds when it goes flat & it always happens at night never during the day Which ends in a mad rush trying to get dressed , find the keys & a circuit of the garage to grab a 10mm spanner before i wake the whole neighborhood lol.

My car hasnt moved for over 2 weeks (SORN'd for the winter) and it started no problems at all yesterday as i wanted to let it sit and run for a bit. Gonna get a battery conditioner though to prevent it going dead when I decided I want to take it out to play in 5 or so months time

Mind you, I shouldn't laugh, it has happened to me too. You arrive at a place, need to quickly check where your mobile or wallet is in a dark car and you forget the interior light

The Scoob was pretty bad on battery though. If we left ours for one week without driving, the Tracker would have emptied the battery.

Ours is dead as a dodo have'nt been anywhere nar it for several weeks, normally 7 days will kill the battery without a run aswell