Janspeed

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...............and nothing happened!

MY Scooby is dead! WTF!?

Was fine yesterday afternoon, and now = kaput!

Markus

Thoughts would be; Dead battery (possibly due to failing/failed alternator, thus it would not have been able to keep the battery charged) - Check to see if the headlights come on or not when you have the key turned to the accessory position. If, when you try and start it you don't hear the engine trying to catch but the headlights come on then it might be a dodgy starter motor.

Janspeed

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Yup, just as you described..................it sounds like more ££££££ to be spent.

Tidgy

alternators are pretty reliable on scoobs so should think it the bat

Janspeed

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Gonna double check it again, anyway.

Cars has been doing quite a few miles lately.

nsld

earth lead corroded/failed or dead immobilizer/alarm are other possibilities if all else fails

Janspeed

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Cool, thanks for the headsup.

simpsons !

It will be the Battery, I went through 3 batterys in four years on my MY04 WRX before someone said always run with your side lights on, Car has a smart alternator see and dosn' start charging until there is a load on the battery. Do a quick search on here and loads will come up.

Simpsons !

flat4 to the floor

same with me this morning a quick tow and its running bty not upto the cold.hope yours is the same.and nothing else.

Sosbanite

I'd put money on it being the battery.
If it's the original it's 3 years old and that is at the short end of the average battery's life span.

+Doc+

Never knew that, gladly I always run with side lights

EddScott

Don't ignore a duff battey.

I ignored the fact that my battery dying in my GTIR and it pretty much exploded on my mothers drive.

She was not happy.

Coffin Dodger

Not uncommon with batteries, works one day, dead the next, especially if one of the cells packs in completely.

My scoob did the same....

Janspeed

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Yeah I drive the with the lights on during the day, a la Swede.

I have to call AAA.

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Janspeed

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I see that it is way more common than not!

klidder

Happened to me last week 05 STi, luckily it was covered under warranty. Starter motor failed. Will cost you approx £1k to fix if its not in warranty. Happy Xmas mate!

Tomski_908

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Its mostly due to the COLD! Alternators, battery and starter motors seem to play up more in the frost! Any garage can do a battery check (most are free) some can even do alternator checks etc. The AA will do it

Janspeed

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It's the battery, went to check out the car, and the alarm is dying with it!

AAA on the way!

M444GY

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elves stolen the battery




get a proper battery not kwic fit or halfords ****e

Janspeed

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Sure going to! pos batts last for a couple years!

Jamescsti

Halfords to a super power type battery that is pretty good, not cheap though

M444GY

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check online for good batteries



dont use banner batteries as they are shockingly bad .

claypole55

i was told that when i bought mine from garage,scoobies only charge battery when you have lights on etc, i thought he was bulling me but obviously must be true!

rev.chris

call in ur local garage an ask them to test ur bat an alternator before spending out an a batt, i had the same prob with my car, my central locking unit was playing up an drain the power out of the batt,

only found out what it was when i went out to cover car over an heard it buzzing,

hope u get it sorted m8,

Janspeed

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Unfortunately so!

They call it "Smart Charging", I call it "Dumbfook Engineer's idea/too much saké".

Janspeed

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Spoke to a mate at the stealership, and they are going to check it out monday.

Thanks

Janspeed

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On the thread there are quite a few complaints battery wise.................