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In trouble

  • 28-07-2018 4:08pm
    #1
    rottie 11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,431 ✭✭✭


    Battery keeps going dead in my car , i can jump start it but the car has no power and nothing works as in windows indicators etc even the speedo clock doesnt move.

    Also all the dash lights keep flashin.

    Im stuck up the country aswel so what do ye thibk ? Cheers


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  • #2
    johnayo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭johnayo


    rottie 11 wrote: »
    Battery keeps going dead in my car , i can jump start it but the car has no power and nothing works as in windows indicators etc even the speedo clock doesnt move.

    Also all the dash lights keep flashin.

    Im stuck up the country aswel so what do ye thibk ? Cheers
    Most likely alternator. Check to see of is charging.


  • #3
    dingding
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,937 ✭✭✭dingding


    How old is the car, is it its first battery.

    The battery is only good for about five years.

    Did you notice it giving trouble recently.


  • #4
    rottie 11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,431 ✭✭✭rottie 11


    johnayo wrote: »
    Most likely alternator. Check to see of is charging.

    To see if what is charging ? I have to keep jump starting it because it dies again


  • #5
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Once you jump start the car, does the car keep running till you turn it off?

    How old is the battery?


  • #6
    rottie 11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,431 ✭✭✭rottie 11


    dingding wrote: »
    How old is the car, is it its first battery.

    The battery is only good for about five years.

    Did you notice it giving trouble recently.

    The car is 04, but the battery looks fairly new. I only have the car with 2 months. The battery icon was on in the dash yesterday even when the car was started but before that it was a1


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  • #7
    rottie 11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,431 ✭✭✭rottie 11


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Once you jump start the car, does the car keep running till you turn it off?

    How old is the battery?

    Battery looks pretty new and no it will drive away for about 5minuites before it dies again. And barely has enough power to do speed limit


  • #8
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    It could be the alternator, or a slipping alternator belt. Don’t drive the car as it is.


  • #9
    rottie 11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,431 ✭✭✭rottie 11


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    It could be the alternator, or a slipping alternator belt. Don’t drive the car as it is.

    Cheers i found someone to take a look at it anyway later on


  • #10
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,040 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    dingding wrote: »
    How old is the car, is it its first battery.

    The battery is only good for about five years.

    Did you notice it giving trouble recently.

    Batteries only good for 5 years! We've batteries in their 40s still going strong.


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