Andy K wrote:

Johnrrs wrote:

My deployable tow bar also doesn’t work. When I press the on button it just lights up red and bleeps. I’m going to disconnect the battery and leave for half an hour then reconnect and hope that a system reset will fix everything. I’m not feeling confident though……

At 6 minutes it tells you how to reset.
There are 2 types of reset. No red lights mentioned though

So today I have been out in the car. A good long run out on the motorway Then a stop off to do some shopping. The car never missed a beat and started up with no issues and no battery low warning lights. What I did notice was that I had to reactivate the traffic sign recognition and the lane departure in the settings as they were turned off. That must be something to do with the battery been flat I hope. Like I said in an earlier post, this all happened after I had just washed the car and there was a chance the CTEC connector I have poking out from the windscreen scuttle could have got wet and shorted the battery out or something like that. Anyway everything seems ok so far……I’m off on holiday soon so I’m going to put the car in the garage until I return and not put it on trickle charge then when I return after 2 weeks I’ll check the battery voltage and see if it’s gone down from the 13.1V that I’m getting at the moment

It won’t be a wet ctek connector.

The whole point of the ctek is to put it on over your 2 weeks hol. To top up when required.
If everything is working now you could put your ctek on and come back to no problems!

My connector is hard wired to the jump start terminals under the bonnet so surely if they shorted together due to water ingress something would happen to the battery? I’m not going to connect the CTEC charger while I’m away to see if the battery is still ok when I return. If the car doesn’t start after 2 weeks of no use then I know the battery is faulty.

Your battery should be around 12.6 volts when you come back all being well. 2023 P440e SE Dynamic on order -cancelled

2022 HSE Dynamic P400e

2017 Discovery 3.0 HSE Silicon Silver Nimbus interior and a few extra toys SOLD

2013 HSE Black, Orkney Grey, Ebony Seats and Ivory Interior SOLD

2006 HSE

Plus a few other cars inbetween!

Yeah hopefully. If not then I’ll be changing the battery. I’ll keep the forum updated in case anyone else has the same issue

jimbg wrote:

Your battery should be around 12.6 volts when you come back all being well.

Also when the car is running its 15.2V so all good with the charging system.

I am no auto electrician but charging at 15.2 volts seems a little high on the high side to me and over charging the battery, would have thought it should around the 14.5/7 mark, don't know for sure just a opinion.

Cheers
Col

Mmm not too sure if it’s high or not. All seems ok now so I’ll be monitoring over the next few weeks.