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Car Forum / UK Car Forums / Car Maintenance (UK group) / October 2007Ford Mondeo Dead?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Had a drive this morning at about 7am. To escape the house. I returned at about 7.30 and everything seemed fine. About 40 minutes ago I took the kids out, to go shopping, and the remote locking wasn't working. Nor was the key when I tried to manually get in. Got my spare key and opened the door and the car wouldn't start, well not only that but I noticed the clock was off, the electrics are not working and everything is basically "died". I'm new to this area and found no-one in close proximity to try and get a jump, just in case it's a flat bettery although nothing has been left on. Just wondered if anyone could confirm what might be up, I know nothing about cars. The car is a Ford Mondeo Verona. It is a 1.8 engine and it is an R- reg. please help.......... > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > please help.......... maybe you left the lights on? until you get a charged battery on there you cannot really guess, but it is in the colder weather that batteries suddenly die. I changed one last week, car used every day, never a problem, then one cold morning: just a click, the battery had literally died overnight with no previous warning. > maybe you left the lights on? Did you fail to close a door properly so the courtesy light stayed on? If it's in daylight you might not notice the light. This happened to me and only after several hours on charge did it get dark and then I looked out the window and spotted the problem. Theo > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > please help.......... I would definitely have a check of the battery first off. Every modern car I've owned (and this goes back to an '89 Mk II Astra) has "sudden flat bettery syndrome". No warning, running fine, come back to it and it flicks you the vees. On 30 Oct, 15:48, "gazzafield" <rufty_tufty_hoolyt...@nospam.says_I.thankyou.ko> wrote: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------?----- > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Thanks Mr Cheerful and Gazzafield, would a dead battery show nothing on the dash at all, previous dead batteries that I've had have usually had the management light on the dash...? I will see if I can get in touch with someone today with jumpleads and then take it from there. I hope you are both right. it is a nightmare though............ cheers for now > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > please help.......... Probably is the battery, but have you tried reseating the battery connections? The way you describe it as "everything dead" makes me think it could be this. If it really is dead (meaning no ignition light, interior light), then just loosen off batt terminals, wiggle and retighten. If not protected with grease they could easily have become a bit corroded and high resistance. Even a gentle tap with the wooden handle of a hammer can temporarily cure battery dodgy connections. Common to happen this time of year as the nights get cold and damp. Graham >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Graham I drove my Fester a half mile to the chip shop. In there for 10 minutes whilst they cooked me some haddock. Came out and electrics were so dead, you'd have thought someone had stolen the battery. It was the battery that was at fault, but up until then, it had shown not the slightest sign of impending failure. Arfa > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------?----- > [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I had same problem.. Sometimes the battery dies without any warning and it looks like the electrics have gone when a simple battery test/ change may be the answer. |
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