2014 V12VS - Problems following battery disconnect

[CatalystV12V]

I had to disconnect my battery on Wednesday, and when I reconnected it this morning I'm having problems.

The drivers seat is stuck in the fully forward position and the drivers window won't go up or down.

I've had a bit of a search and it looks like it will need to be connected to AMDS to rectify.

If anyone has any suggestions/hacks that might resolve this without AMDS please could you let me know!

Thanks!!

[CatalystV12V]

Ok.. so just in case anyone else ends up where I was earlier..

With the battery reconnected I :
1) Hold the seat adjuster knob fully forward and eventually the seat will click. Then by taking the seat through its full range of motion in each direction it remembers that its a seat!!
2) Hold the window lever fully down and the window dropped and would return to closed. The auto drop for door open/close also came back to life.

So I'm almost back in the game, now just need to sort out the tracker that is preventing the car form starting.. And the oil level sensor is now reporting as failed.

[vpr]

I had the seat issue though no amount of knob fiddling g would sort it.
Had to be connected to the diagnostic thingy

[CatalystV12V]

I'm now getting all sorts of warning messages

it will crank but not fire up..

[Go60 Jay]

Sorry if I’m suggesting the obvious, but have you tried disconnecting the battery again and double checking the connection is on properly. Also, maybe check the battery is fully charged. Connect a charger if you have one.

John

[Simpo Two]

And yet my PC remembers everything when the power is switched off, as does the TV. Why didn't Aston Martin put a small piece of that kind of memory in their cars?

[CatalystV12V]

Go60 Jay said:

Sorry if I’m suggesting the obvious, but have you tried disconnecting the battery again and double checking the connection is on properly. Also, maybe check the battery is fully charged. Connect a charger if you have one.

John

It’s now running again..

Battery is only a couple of years old and she’s left on trickle charger..

There’s still a number of fault codes to sort out but hoping connection to AMDS will sort those.

[CatalystV12V]

Simpo Two said:

And yet my PC remembers everything when the power is switched off, as does the TV. Why didn't Aston Martin put a small piece of that kind of memory in their cars?

I was talking to a ex factory guy recently who said AML purposely scrimped on engine management system to save costs. The Bosch system has the bare minimum of functionality.

[Simpo Two]

CatalystV12V said:

Simpo Two said:

And yet my PC remembers everything when the power is switched off, as does the TV. Why didn't Aston Martin put a small piece of that kind of memory in their cars?

I was talking to a ex factory guy recently who said AML purposely scrimped on engine management system to save costs. The Bosch system has the bare minimum of functionality.

A good job Aston don't make computers - you'd have to re-install Windows every time you switched it on!

Even my central heating timer has a small rechargeable battery in it so it can cope with a power cut.

[phumy]

Put a 12v charger on the battery and leave it over night, not a battery condition charger.

[Go60 Jay]

I know Bamford Rose did a big talk on the management system, around what they chose and why.

John