Thought I'd advice of my post layup observations now the sun has finally shown itself. I appreciate it's still winter but keen for spring to arrive.
Car has had very little use since December and as the sun's finally come out, gave it a good clean and wax yesterday.
I started the car the day before and it sounded a bit lazy on cranking which I wasn't too surprised about. I've used my CTEK a few times over winter to keep things topped up but haven't done so for about a month. Anyhow, the car started fine but it kept complaining that the key was not present. The spare key worked fine and my primary key just needs a new battery!!
I charged the car battery overnight with my CTEK and all was fine. Went for a 15 mile drive to the shops and when I switched the engine off, I got a low battery warning. Drove same distance home, all fine but again, same message when switched off engine. This time I charged the battery with the reconditioning function. Went to check this morning and noticed a red glow from the reversing camera. I've not heard of this before and started to worry the recon charge had done something untoward. Again I started the car, all fine but again when I switched off the engine, got the same low battery warning. I duly locked the car and went back after 1/2 hr and the hazard light was definitely off so I am happy that it wasn't suffering the OBD disconnect issue although I haven't touched the OBD port.
Decided to disconnect the battery for a few minutes which set the alarm off but I couldn't find how to disable it in the InControl App. Anyway, a couple of minutes passed and I reconnected the battery. This has solved the low battery warning issue and the red glow from the rear view camera is now sorted.
I know there are lots of discussions around low battery warnings but I just wanted to share my findings and solution as I thought it strange that this didn't present on startup, only after turning engine off. I am still not sure why there was a red glow from the rear view camera.
Car has had very little use since December and as the sun's finally come out, gave it a good clean and wax yesterday.
I started the car the day before and it sounded a bit lazy on cranking which I wasn't too surprised about. I've used my CTEK a few times over winter to keep things topped up but haven't done so for about a month. Anyhow, the car started fine but it kept complaining that the key was not present. The spare key worked fine and my primary key just needs a new battery!!
I charged the car battery overnight with my CTEK and all was fine. Went for a 15 mile drive to the shops and when I switched the engine off, I got a low battery warning. Drove same distance home, all fine but again, same message when switched off engine. This time I charged the battery with the reconditioning function. Went to check this morning and noticed a red glow from the reversing camera. I've not heard of this before and started to worry the recon charge had done something untoward. Again I started the car, all fine but again when I switched off the engine, got the same low battery warning. I duly locked the car and went back after 1/2 hr and the hazard light was definitely off so I am happy that it wasn't suffering the OBD disconnect issue although I haven't touched the OBD port.
Decided to disconnect the battery for a few minutes which set the alarm off but I couldn't find how to disable it in the InControl App. Anyway, a couple of minutes passed and I reconnected the battery. This has solved the low battery warning issue and the red glow from the rear view camera is now sorted.
I know there are lots of discussions around low battery warnings but I just wanted to share my findings and solution as I thought it strange that this didn't present on startup, only after turning engine off. I am still not sure why there was a red glow from the rear view camera.
