Battery Dead After A Year In A Phoon

[f-wolf]

Here is what I have found some time ago.

My T is just a " Toy " and used as such ( 3 Car Family ). If I don't use it, it will have a near flat Battery after about 4 days. We all know that if you do that a few times the battery will be stuffed forever. To fix the problem I fitted an Isolater Unit to the Battery. The only thing I have to reset is the Time on the display.

I also discovert that when I reconnect the " Power " with no key in the ignition, the six stacker unit resets itself. That means that there is power used by the system all the time!

The Computer Protector ( Battery +and -) shows me the condition of the Battery and the Alternator .

The whole " Setup " is working very nicely. No more flat or near flat Battery. ;-)

Edited 08/01/08 11:06 PM by f-wolf

[Guest newl]

I must be lucky. Mine is an Oct.04 build and I'm still on the first battery. Though being a preproduction vehicle might have something to do with it I suppose (they normally get misc bits and pieces that the production cars do not).

[straughsberry]

A battery can seemingly be ok, but actually be on the verge of failure. I had an experience a couple of years ago where I started my car no problemo. I then stopped the car to unlock the glove box. When I went to restart, there was absolutely no cranking power whatsoever. Not a single click, totally dead. You get the picture...

[Pixy Angel]

that's not bad 12 months. Had my car for almost 2 months now and needed a jump start from NRMA today.

It still didn't start he needed to use the leads + jump pack to get it started.

Not happy didn't even get 2 months out of it.

[xr6tee]

  f-wolf said:

Here is what I have found some time ago.

My T is just a " Toy " and used as such ( 3 Car Family ). If I don't use it, it will have a near flat Battery after about 4 days. We all know that if you do that a few times the battery will be stuffed forever. To fix the problem I fitted an Isolater Unit to the Battery. The only thing I have to reset is the Time on the display.

I also discovert that when I reconnect the " Power " with no key in the ignition, the six stacker unit resets itself. That means that there is power used by the system all the time!

The Computer Protector ( Battery +and -) shows me the condition of the Battery and the Alternator .

The whole " Setup " is working very nicely. No more flat or near flat Battery. ;-)

This is exactly the same problem I have with my BA MKII XR6T.....it has been there since I bought it new back in 2005. Leave the car sitting for 4 days, come to start it and nothing. I got Ford to check it during the first 3k service interval and at 15k again. Despite throwing all their 'wizardry' at it, they did not find the cause....which does not surprise me by the way. The best they could manage last time is make an excuse that it's probably the TV receiver which I have fitted since. They recommended I remove it before they investigate further. The dumbos could've just pull out the power plug (looking at them) to eliminate it......which by the way I have done myself before I reported it on the second occassion. With such display of intelligence, I knew it would be waste of time to get them more involved and so I have done a bit of my investigation at times when I have not used the car for longer than 4 or 5 days (not that easy when it's your daily transport). Anyway, in my case, the problems exhibit only if the car has been sitting for more than 4 days and then again, some time it may take longer than others. I found that when the battery is flat (even without trying to crank it), the voltage (ie. no current drawn) will register well below 12V...usually around 10V and less if I leave it for more days..so clearly something is draining the battery. I have strong suspicion that it is the car alarm (dealer fitted option) since if the car is not armed, it usually takes considerably longer for the battery to go flat....which it still does but takes more days. I have stopped worrying about this now since the car is not used over the weekend at the most.....which is not enough for the battery to go flat.

Anyway, I thought I give this feedback as I was reading this topic. All you guys with this problem....do you have by any chance a car alarm fitted (factory or dealer). It would be interesting if you all do as that could be the culprit......a badly earthed internal component perhaps???

[hard-on]

yeah the car has a ford alarm on it and I believe it was factory fitted but I could be wrong.I thought all FPV's have an alarm as standard equipment so I would have thought they would be factory fitted.

[Ralph Wiggum]

  O2STOCK said:

I must say I havent had a single battery problem

Wait till you leave the car parked for more than a fortnight....my Odyssey has given me no end of problems. I have to trickle charge it every two to three weeks other wise....she no go, and i have the PC925 (the big mutha)

[Meggs_83]

  XR6TURBST5 said:

Well the full story about my battery....

I'm overseas at the moment and my girlfriend has been starting the car every now and then and taking it for a small drive.

She heard a cricket noise coming from the bonnet then she tryed starting the car, car wouldnt start.

She then called the RACQ guys from the FPV booklet.

They tested the battery and started the car using jumper leads.

Car started! RACQ dude told my G/F to take the car for a drive and see how it goes.

The guy next door told her to take it to ford to see if something was draining the battery as it was only a year old. She did the next day they said alternator was doing its job and nothing was draining the battery. but the battery was dead.

RACQ dude came out and charged $280 to change with new one :( Ripped

DAMN! I work for RAC WA and I don't reckon our truck batteries are that much