Help....Battery Drained?
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:40 am
Hi all, hope someone can help with a fault that im having with my new to me X5.
Only picked the car up on Saturday and all seemed well....
We used the car on Saturday and all was well, actually used it a few times over the course of the day and never had a problem.
The car was left sitting from about 6pm on Saturday night until about 2pm Sunday afternoon when my wife went out to use it.
She unlocked it and got in, but it wouldnt start. From how she described it, when she tried to start it all the lights and gauges were going really dim and nothing was working.
A mechanic neighbour popped over and diagnosed the fault as being the battery, which he has taken away and put on charge overnight. He has since tested the battery at his work and confirmed that the battery is really strong and holding charge etc as it should.
So my question is, what else would be the likely cause of the battery drain in the space of less than 24 hours?
Is the FSR a likely cause of the problem and if so how do can it be tested?
Or is there something else more likely to be causing the drain on the battery?
The biggest problem I have is that I am away with work all week and wont be able to look at it until Friday at the earliest. Not good when your pregnant wife is at home unable to get the car to start.... and to top it all off the boiler in the house has packed in aswell.......arrrrggggghhhhhh nitemare!!!!!
Oh meant to say car is a 2005 X5 3.0D Sport with full comms pack.... not sure if you need to know that, but its maybe worthwile knowing if its gona help diagnose a likely cause for the fault!
If anyone can advise on what to check or how to check it then it really would be appreciated.
Cheers all....
Only picked the car up on Saturday and all seemed well....
We used the car on Saturday and all was well, actually used it a few times over the course of the day and never had a problem.
The car was left sitting from about 6pm on Saturday night until about 2pm Sunday afternoon when my wife went out to use it.
She unlocked it and got in, but it wouldnt start. From how she described it, when she tried to start it all the lights and gauges were going really dim and nothing was working.
A mechanic neighbour popped over and diagnosed the fault as being the battery, which he has taken away and put on charge overnight. He has since tested the battery at his work and confirmed that the battery is really strong and holding charge etc as it should.
So my question is, what else would be the likely cause of the battery drain in the space of less than 24 hours?
Is the FSR a likely cause of the problem and if so how do can it be tested?
Or is there something else more likely to be causing the drain on the battery?
The biggest problem I have is that I am away with work all week and wont be able to look at it until Friday at the earliest. Not good when your pregnant wife is at home unable to get the car to start.... and to top it all off the boiler in the house has packed in aswell.......arrrrggggghhhhhh nitemare!!!!!
Oh meant to say car is a 2005 X5 3.0D Sport with full comms pack.... not sure if you need to know that, but its maybe worthwile knowing if its gona help diagnose a likely cause for the fault!
If anyone can advise on what to check or how to check it then it really would be appreciated.
Cheers all....
On the plus side my dad will be up at the house tomorrow waiting for the Sky engineer to come and realign our dish so he's gona have a go at sitting in the car and seeing if the FSR keeps the fan running.