Hello - any ideas / suggestions welcome on this one.....


Might be a horrible coicidence, but last night I used an airconditioning cleaner - the type you spray into vents - it was a foam type, so when I put the aircon it did spray back out of the vents and I had to clean up from around centre consul.

All ok this morning, started & drove 30mins to work, no problems.

This afternoon, when I went to start the car, i got just about every fault possible:

Air suspension not working
Touch screen flashing on an off intermittently
Rear brake light warning
ABS light flashing
Adaptive lights light on
Gearbox restricted gears
Airbag lights on dash
Terrain drive flashing up on screen intermittently
and a host of others.

I did get it home, switched off and now it wont start, so I have disconnected battery and put it on charge (it is taking some charge).

When I reconnect, I'll reset with Steering wheel from lock to lock and see how it goes.

I am wondering if some of the foam cleaner has caused a elecrical short somewhere, but any pointers are most welcome.

Just what you need on a bank holiday - Aircon smells nice though

sounds like it has affected some electrical component....you should use the 'bomb' aerosol type which does a better job getting rid of the bacteria.. ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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Update: battery charged, car started and ran well with no probelms or faults.

I drove it for about 15 mins, obviously in the dark and rain, so needed lights, wipers etc. Came back to driveway, turned it off, left it 10 mins and then went out restart - Battery totally flat (and of course spurious errors showning in display), wont even turn over.

So, my conclusion is either totally dead battery or alternator, not charging etc.

Anybody any other thoughts ??

Thanks
Andy

Needs a multimeter to see what the alternator's doing. Engine running the battery should be at 14-15 volts. Anything less and your alternator's up the swannie.

You could try charging the battery again and then disconnecting the earth connection.
Leave overnight, reconnect the earth connection and try to start the car.
If it starts ok, obviously the battery is holding a charge.
It then suggests your alternator has a problem.

Hi Guys - Thanks for replies, turns out it was the Alternator - Air conditioning foam was a red herring.

So had it changed at local specialist. Unfortunately, I went to Europarts today to pick up a battery today as I thought I'd change it in preparation for the cold weather and I noticed that the steering is now heavy from a standing start & gets lighter as I rev the car.

Back to specialist on Monday - hopefully its something small.

You can always check the alternator charging level by going into the screen hack 753 mode and looking at vehicle signals.

I had to have my alternator on my TDV8 replaced back in April, Dealer said it was unusual to fail, and it was a total pig of a job to get at it, cost me about £750 I seem to recall.

My alternator was charging erratically and would spike at 16volts, which would trigger all manner of electrical sensors to kick in and shut stuff down. I was coming back from NW Scotland at the time and most of the way driving with no dash dials working, no lights, indicators etc, no AV. Nowt! Discovery 4 HSE
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