Russboy
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Hi all,
For the last year or so i've noticed that the leaving home lights don't work all the time, coupled with having low % battery charge. When I cleared the error code the other day using Carista then they were back again. However didn't last long, so the error code was back straight away.
As usual today I had the following error code when I parked up at work (engine running) at 08:30:
I cleared it, but when I went out a few hours later started the car and it was there again, battery showing at around 10%, same when I left the office this evening:
I do have a dashcam but that runs only on the ignition (via cigarette lighter) as when I switch the car and ignition off it switches to it's own battery (which is rubbish and switches straight off!)
As I say this is not something new, it's been like this for a year. In the summertime I did see it get up to 50% at best, but no more, but we only tend to do short trips, rare we clock more than 10 or 20 miles in a journey. In fact when I have done a 50 miler it still doesn't get any higher. If it were something new I might suspect something else failing but to me it feels like the battery just wont take a full charge, i.e it's had it.
So if I am to get a new battery is there a specific type I should get? Do I need to have it coded to the car and is there a certain procedure on how to do it?
Looking at the battery it seems to say 8K0 915 105F, followed by 520A 110Ah DIN
(Really poor) pics of the battery:
Thanks as always for any help you can give me, Russ
For the last year or so i've noticed that the leaving home lights don't work all the time, coupled with having low % battery charge. When I cleared the error code the other day using Carista then they were back again. However didn't last long, so the error code was back straight away.
As usual today I had the following error code when I parked up at work (engine running) at 08:30:
I cleared it, but when I went out a few hours later started the car and it was there again, battery showing at around 10%, same when I left the office this evening:
I do have a dashcam but that runs only on the ignition (via cigarette lighter) as when I switch the car and ignition off it switches to it's own battery (which is rubbish and switches straight off!)
As I say this is not something new, it's been like this for a year. In the summertime I did see it get up to 50% at best, but no more, but we only tend to do short trips, rare we clock more than 10 or 20 miles in a journey. In fact when I have done a 50 miler it still doesn't get any higher. If it were something new I might suspect something else failing but to me it feels like the battery just wont take a full charge, i.e it's had it.
So if I am to get a new battery is there a specific type I should get? Do I need to have it coded to the car and is there a certain procedure on how to do it?
Looking at the battery it seems to say 8K0 915 105F, followed by 520A 110Ah DIN
(Really poor) pics of the battery:
Thanks as always for any help you can give me, Russ