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Spelunker Member Since: 02 May 2016 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 248 |
Set the scene - Monday morning and the battery is dead (has happened a few times recently). Call AA and after an hour of various checks, I get a printout saying dud battery wont hold a charge. Tuesday morning battery turns engine over without hesitation but I go to halfords (where I bought it originally) with the aa report to get a replacement. Halfords check the battery and give me a printout saying there is nothing wrong - so they wont replace it. The salesperson claims that they have had a number of people saying they have a bad battery after the aa and rac have tested it which then turn out to be ok with their machine. She made the comment that this was so that they could then sell their batteries at inflated prices. Wednesday morning and the battery is dead, borrowed the brother in laws booster. Tomorrow I am going to a local battery specialist to get their opinion. QUID FACIUM TIBI
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26th Jul 2017 9:24pm |
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andygts Member Since: 16 May 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 335 |
Neither. halfrauds i'd never trust for a diagnosis and the AA these days go on what the computer says.
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26th Jul 2017 10:28pm |
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Joe90 Member Since: 29 Apr 2010 Location: Hampshire Posts: 6399 |
Or loose terminals, or loose connection to the starter. .
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26th Jul 2017 11:25pm |
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sako243 Member Since: 26 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 605 |
Simple check but have you checked the alternator is working properly? Ed |
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27th Jul 2017 6:17am |
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ajac8 Member Since: 04 Oct 2011 Location: Shakespeares County Posts: 1619 |
Should be getting 14+volts from the alternator on tick over at the battery terminals I think.
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27th Jul 2017 12:46pm |
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CS Member Since: 14 Apr 2015 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1340 |
On my last two battery drains the LR Assistance view was that the battery needed to be fully charged before it could be tested, it was left overnight with the dealer in each case - in one case it was scrap, in the other it was OK. So maybe more investigation required than done to date. Only Range Rovers since 1988 |
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27th Jul 2017 1:37pm |
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rodp Member Since: 09 Apr 2017 Location: The Black Country Posts: 318 |
The last garage I worked in (Large truck main dealer for 12 years) said AA and RAC "mechanics" were all blokes who couldn't do the job for real in a garage, and I reckon Halfords fitters are shop staff been promoted. Who am I to argue with that, never saw anything to convince me otherwise |
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27th Jul 2017 6:25pm |
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Spelunker Member Since: 02 May 2016 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 248 |
AA guy did check the alternator and it was ok. I dont know about rac, but the aa mechs I have come across (and that has been a fair number recently!) have given the impression of being keen to help, but not offering much in the way of alternatives to what their gadgets/google tells them. As to halfords, a previous assistant couldn't find the battery (it was actually quite amusing) and the latest one couldn't offer anything other than the test result. QUID FACIUM TIBI
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27th Jul 2017 7:45pm |
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rodp Member Since: 09 Apr 2017 Location: The Black Country Posts: 318 |
Hmm, seems not much has changed then over the last few years |
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27th Jul 2017 7:48pm |
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Sandyt Member Since: 07 Nov 2013 Location: Wraysbury Windsor Posts: 2213 |
When you say the battery is flat is it flat or is it just not starting the car - My old p38 had corrosion in the leads from the positive to the starter so it would start one day and not the next this could also be true of cable from alternator to battery worth testing or buy another lead about a tenner from a motor factors and just double it up may just solve the problem |
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28th Jul 2017 10:34am |
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horsedentist Member Since: 23 Jun 2017 Location: london Posts: 158 |
I had the same thing got a new battery fitted as rac said mine was dead still went flat was the bm54 had that fixed no more problems with flat battery. |
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28th Jul 2017 10:31pm |
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horsedentist Member Since: 23 Jun 2017 Location: london Posts: 158 |
I had the same thing got a new battery fitted as rac said mine was dead still went flat was the bm54 had that fixed no more problems with flat battery. |
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28th Jul 2017 10:31pm |
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standupking36 Member Since: 30 Jun 2017 Location: lincolnshire Posts: 76 |
bm54? |
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28th Jul 2017 10:43pm |
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horsedentist Member Since: 23 Jun 2017 Location: london Posts: 158 |
Radio unit in back passenger side compartment. |
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30th Jul 2017 12:42am |
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