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Monday was the first time I drove the car for almost a week, there was no issues with starting and no errors apart from brake pad warning lights.
Thats random at the moment.
Drove the car monday, left it till tuesday, drove it again and not touched it till wednesday when Lordhefner came over to look at his lights.
Looking at the cars I noticed the battery was slightly flat.
I went to start the car and just started.
I left it idling and monitored the battery level slowly climb.
I turned the car off when it was at about 60-70%.
Left the car till this morning and it went flat. No error, no lights, just a handfull of clicking.
Jump started the car and went off to work. I took the long way to work which is about 30 minutes drive.
Got in work and the battery monitor still displayed 10%.
Got VCDs out and did a scan.
All typical flat battery sort of error codes I think.
Cleared the codes and rescan
All looking better but no fault codes for the battery. So I guess that's good.
I went in to the battery regulator and checked the battery was set up correctly and it was.
Checked the measuring blocks and its charging at 14.5v, the battery is getting 14.5v volts but battery state is still 10%.
I think the battery is less than 2 years old and hopefully still under warranty if it is the battery.
Anyone got any idea why the battery level and state of charge will stick at 10%?
Thats random at the moment.
Drove the car monday, left it till tuesday, drove it again and not touched it till wednesday when Lordhefner came over to look at his lights.
Looking at the cars I noticed the battery was slightly flat.
I went to start the car and just started.
I left it idling and monitored the battery level slowly climb.
I turned the car off when it was at about 60-70%.
Left the car till this morning and it went flat. No error, no lights, just a handfull of clicking.
Jump started the car and went off to work. I took the long way to work which is about 30 minutes drive.
Got in work and the battery monitor still displayed 10%.
Got VCDs out and did a scan.
All typical flat battery sort of error codes I think.
Cleared the codes and rescan
All looking better but no fault codes for the battery. So I guess that's good.
I went in to the battery regulator and checked the battery was set up correctly and it was.
Checked the measuring blocks and its charging at 14.5v, the battery is getting 14.5v volts but battery state is still 10%.
I think the battery is less than 2 years old and hopefully still under warranty if it is the battery.
Anyone got any idea why the battery level and state of charge will stick at 10%?