Saxo VTR battery keeps dying...

27th November 2012, 22:59

Hi

Need some help for the past week every morning i have to jump start my car, once i get it started and then stop it it will start ok again but this morning same thing happened so i had to jump start it and started driving i left the child of at school waiting on her coming out and the engine just stop, so again i tried to jump start it and nothing happened so had to go and get a booster and didnt start first time when trying to start the car heard alot of clicking noise from inside the car, then i tried it again at its working fine but the battery light is on now. I got the alternator checked and theres charge going to the battery.

cheers

27th November 2012, 23:37

Dodgy earth or knackered battery. Best bet, get the battery tested see if its dying under load.

28th November 2012, 00:39

Battery has most likely had it. Cold weather will push a weak one over the edge, plus the extra defecit of having lights on at night/demister and all the rest of it

28th November 2012, 03:16

Also try ur alternator because mine was doing the same and I had battery tested when fully charged and it was holding the charge but when put back
On car with nothing on ie lights engine etc it was loosing charge i found out the alternator was fooked and taking the charge out of the battery put new recon alternator on and now starts 1s time every since which was about 7 mths ago

28th November 2012, 03:20

Test your battery yourself with a volt meter, a healthy one will be 12.6v+ a ok one will be 12.4v+. Anything really under that is signs that its on its way out, if you get a reading of around 9.7v a cell has died meaning a new battery is needed.