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Topic ID 5381
07/07/2010 by Ewoowar
Dead battery.
This may sound like an odd question........but did any of you find your car battery dead this morning for no obvious reason?
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Reply ID 75438
07/07/2010 by Steve
No
Reply ID 75440
07/07/2010 by Frenchie
No....but my tea went cold very quickly though ?
Reply ID 75442
07/07/2010 by Forbes
Aliens, Poltergeist! I love a good mystery, any more info Ewoowar?
Reply ID 75443
07/07/2010 by Billywindsock
Only you it would seem.
Reply ID 75451
08/07/2010 by Ewoowar
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Originally posted by Forbes
Aliens, Poltergeist! I love a good mystery, any more info Ewoowar?
Okay........mildly weird stuff.....
My car, never an electrical problem. Left for work his morning. Car dead. Drivers door strangely unlocked. All other doors locked. Battery dead, not even enough to turn the radio on. Collared a neighbour for a jump start...........which didn't work. Kinda weird.
Removed and checked all fuses, no problems there. Checked the battery, which was charged. The neighbour knocked the lead to the battery and put it back on. I tried the engine again..............HEY PRESTO......!!!!
No weirdness you say.......
That is until I leave work in Docklands and drive home later that day. I get a call from a colleague who asks if I'm still around to give a hand as his car has a problem.
Turns out his car is dead. Plus...........driver's door unlocked, all other doors locked, battery completely dead. No reason. Exactly the same as mine.
Too weird a coincidence. I'm not stating something spooky happened.
Serendipity on a weird tangent?
Reply ID 75455
08/07/2010 by Rachel
This used to happen with my previous Subaru (battery dead, driver's door unlocked). A not uncommon fault with the immobiliser.
Reply ID 75456
08/07/2010 by ian.ball
I've had problems with the positive battery lead coming loose before now and it produced very similar symptoms to yours with the exception that the driver's door was locked and wouldn't unlock!
Might be worth checking with the garage as it's an outside possibility that your make of car has a "safety" feature that unlocks the car door in the case of battery failure so you can at least get in to it to get to the bonnet catch and work on the problem?
Reply ID 75464
08/07/2010 by Ewoowar
I spoke to my colleague today, the one who had the same problem as me yesterday. While the AA were looking at his car yesterday someone else who works in the same office came over and told him they too had exactly the same problem when they returned to their car earlier in the day.
Reply ID 75482
08/07/2010 by Billywindsock
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Reply ID 75483
08/07/2010 by Ewoowar
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Originally posted by Billywindsock
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Things are getting strange I'm starting to worry.........this could be a job for Mulder and Scully.
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