Apparently they have managed to work out something is draining the battery when the car is off.Īnyway, they have left some test equipment on the car over night. My car has been at South City Holden ALL day and they have no answers for me. Has anyone had Holden/HSV involved in this fault with their car? It is absolutely apalling. I'm booked in Monday but don't really want to get the usual bullshit story from them "if something is wrong, you will see a warning light".Īnything specific I should ask the dealer to do to fix it? Has anyone had any success in getting their Dealer to fix this problem? I've had other problems with this car (transmission and ABS problems) and the dealer has fobbed me off. I've got my battery charger on it but from reading this thread the regular sort of charger won't help. Now the next morning (today) it's dead again. Called Holden assist and RACV came and jump started me. I couldn't even open the boot to get to the battery! Had to crawl through the front door into the back. Then yesterday morning it was completely flat. This week over a number of days, the car has been struggling to start in the mornings (but still just started). I just got a new HSV Senator about 3 weeks ago. I thought to myself your are right there son.Īnyhow there is a fix to this problem as mentioned earlier, but you must have your battery recharged with a special charger and your computer reset.The thing that got me was there was absolutely no sign of the battery going flat.If I was out in the outback somewhere I would have been stranded.So just a warning to everyone that it may happen to you as well and I would recommend to have your new VE,WMs checked out.Cheers John His reply was "It does not even have a battery". Anyhow ,I find all the correct points for jump starting and my seven year old says to me " What are you doing"and I reply "I am jump starting the GTS beacause it has a flat battery". I pop the bonnet,no battery because its in the boot,but I knew that.I then get the BMW out and pop the bonnet,same thing battery is in the back. Rang the dealer and he said to just jump start it ,so I did. It never showed any signs of going flat previously. Go to start it and nothing,just a ticking sound. Interested to see what others have to say.įunny thing happened to me this morning,had the GTS booked in for its 3000klm first inspection service. However sometimes I have put the key in and turned to on but put my seat belt on and then start and by that time the system check is complete and when I start: I get a ding sound and check engine lightning bolt appears and goes away after a spilt second. I normally start the car straight after putting in the key. Does anyone else that has had battery issues tried to start the car after the system check is complete and see any warning animations in the centre screen in the intrument cluster? Can maybe someone try this and let me know. Its because some of the systems in the car detect a low voltage, but once the car is on its goes away as its getting enough from the alternator or something. Hence sometimes the check Engine light appearing if you wait for the system check to be completed and then starting the car. He said that the new batteries have caused some issues and for those people that dont drive much (Im one of them). Just recieved a call from the service manager from where we got our Calais V. In the morning the battery was fully charged. On both occasions I just disconnected the battery and hooked it up to a normal car battery charger over night with the battery still in the boot. I've had my battery go flat twice, once when I was using something plugged into the cigarette lighter outlet without the engine running (my fault) and once when I hadn't driven the car for a week then started fiddling with the sub amp volume (radio running without engine running). Once fully charged the problem should be solved. Using the conventional chargers won't charge the battery fully (they only charge at around 16amps depending on your charger), meaning it will just die on you again. This only becomes an issue if your battery has gone dead and you need to charge it up. It takes 27 hours to fully charge the battery. The new type of battery charger puts 120amps for the first few hours and then lowers the charge to around 50-60amps. The BCM's, etc all draw power all the time. There is 1.1 amps drawn from the battery while the vehicle is sitting in your garage. A special battery charger has to be used, that most dealers would by now have ordered. Even the vehicle won't fully charge the battery. Once the battery has lost charge you can't charge it in the normal way and it will keep going flat.
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