Sagaris won't start. Please help
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Do you have it on an Accumate ? Can you put it on charge ? Mines showing 12v now and is OK.
Maybe worth checking the alternator is charging and nothing else is draining the battery. Since my cars are garaged I always leave them unalarmed with a window open
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Just remembered when I had my Sag, it would prime the fuel pump and turning the key did would just go click, 2nd time I tried it would start, like a sticking relay somewhere, sold the car before I bottomed the problem....probably lack of use
Maybe worth checking the alternator is charging and nothing else is draining the battery. Since my cars are garaged I always leave them unalarmed with a window open
.Just remembered when I had my Sag, it would prime the fuel pump and turning the key did would just go click, 2nd time I tried it would start, like a sticking relay somewhere, sold the car before I bottomed the problem....probably lack of use
Edited by glow worm on Friday 17th June 11:44
Tyre Smoke said:
Either way, that's a flat battery and a jump start will see you right.
How old is your battery?
The battery is only a year old.. I use a CTEK MXS 3.6 charger but have it on a timer which comes on 4 times a week for a few hours.. Maybe that's screwed it then?How old is your battery?
I managed to fire her up after being on charge for about 5 hours but then she died again as I watched the volts drop to 8 after about 5 minutes of running (At the time I was trying to turn off the rear flog lights as they were permanently on even though turned off, so was switching head lights on/off, indicators etc. hoping to eventually find a combination to turn the fogs off too..)
Also just noticed the charger is red hot!!! so have turned it off.
I would be tempted to disconnect the battery completely and get an expert to look at it, the last thing you want is an electrical fire, or you could get Tyresmoke but with a £60-70k car , I'd prefer an expert .
Something might be shorting out ,charge it off the car and see if it holds the charge.
.Something might be shorting out ,charge it off the car and see if it holds the charge.
Edited by glow worm on Friday 17th June 18:46
glow worm said:
I would be tempted to disconnect the battery completely and get an expert to look at it, the last thing you want is an electrical fire, or you could get Tyresmoke but with a £60-70k car , I'd prefer an expert .
Something might be shorting out ,charge it off the car and see if it holds the charge.
Me too am giving this advice a thumbs up .Something might be shorting out ,charge it off the car and see if it holds the charge.
There's something wrong and it needs finding
I had the dash go off - although the alarm, and everything else worked. You could start and stop the car.
The fog light was permenantly on though. As was the a/c and the exchanger iced up.
It fixed itself - that is the dash turned back on. The fog light went out and the a/c turned off.
Battery was fine.
Wasn't able to recreate or trace the cause.
The fog light was permenantly on though. As was the a/c and the exchanger iced up.
It fixed itself - that is the dash turned back on. The fog light went out and the a/c turned off.
Battery was fine.
Wasn't able to recreate or trace the cause.
glow worm said:
I would be tempted to disconnect the battery completely and get an expert to look at it, the last thing you want is an electrical fire, or you could get Tyresmoke but with a £60-70k car , I'd prefer an expert .
Something might be shorting out ,charge it off the car and see if it holds the charge.
Sorry, what? .Something might be shorting out ,charge it off the car and see if it holds the charge.
Edited by glow worm on Friday 17th June 18:46
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