Hi all,
Started the car this afternoon and for the first time since owning last summer, it stuttered before starting (no warnings), but did start up.
Thought it was strange so pulled up in a car park just down the road, stopped, restarted and low and behold I get a 'Low Battery' alert in the centre dash stating I need to drive for 30 mins to recharge battery; warning sign went off immediately.
Idled for a bit and then did a long drive for a while before pulling back home.
Restarted and no more error and started normally.
However, reading topics on here, is this a sign the batteries about to go? Or just not driving or cold weather?
(Just starting to snow and dash temp had ice symbol and +2.5C)
Due to the lockdown I'm not driving more than once a week (literally to the shop and back for my weekly shop) and then it just sits there. Having bought the car last summer I also don't know how old the battery is.
My understanding is I can't just disconnet and reconnect new one either, but it requires VCDS coding?
I live in an apartment with a communcal parking so I can't connect to a recharge device and at the back of my mind is the fear the alarm starts going off if it gets too low.
Is it worth biting the bullet and taking it a specialist to get it changed? Or do I just ride it out and drive a bit more regularly?
Thanks,
Beans
Started the car this afternoon and for the first time since owning last summer, it stuttered before starting (no warnings), but did start up.
Thought it was strange so pulled up in a car park just down the road, stopped, restarted and low and behold I get a 'Low Battery' alert in the centre dash stating I need to drive for 30 mins to recharge battery; warning sign went off immediately.
Idled for a bit and then did a long drive for a while before pulling back home.
Restarted and no more error and started normally.
However, reading topics on here, is this a sign the batteries about to go? Or just not driving or cold weather?
(Just starting to snow and dash temp had ice symbol and +2.5C)
Due to the lockdown I'm not driving more than once a week (literally to the shop and back for my weekly shop) and then it just sits there. Having bought the car last summer I also don't know how old the battery is.
My understanding is I can't just disconnet and reconnect new one either, but it requires VCDS coding?
I live in an apartment with a communcal parking so I can't connect to a recharge device and at the back of my mind is the fear the alarm starts going off if it gets too low.
Is it worth biting the bullet and taking it a specialist to get it changed? Or do I just ride it out and drive a bit more regularly?
Thanks,
Beans