Dodgy MY03 Battery again
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Dodgy MY03 Battery again
Its deed are they covered under warranty, assistance guy thinks they are he's also lent me a spare for two weeks until the car gets serviced great guy.
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Same happened to me on my 53 plate STI the first time around. Got a new battery under warranty. The same thing is happening again so looks I'm off to the local dealership as well.
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Don't know if you're aware, but the Scoob has a (so-called) smart alternator that only charges when it detects enough current draw. This means if you're not using lights, fans etc then the battery won't be getting any charge and over a period of months this eventually drains it dead. Most have found the solution is to simply leave the sidelights on or the fan on position #1. A larger capacity battery helps too.
There was also 2 areas of concern with the RAC Trackstar unit. It has a default wait time of 6 hours where it keeps trying to detect satelites before going into sleep mode, even if parked in a garage. It also has a very sensitive movement sensor which can be triggered by passing vehicles, reseting the wait time so it never reaches sleep mode. I believe there are fixes available for this which reduce the wait time and sensitivity.
There was also 2 areas of concern with the RAC Trackstar unit. It has a default wait time of 6 hours where it keeps trying to detect satelites before going into sleep mode, even if parked in a garage. It also has a very sensitive movement sensor which can be triggered by passing vehicles, reseting the wait time so it never reaches sleep mode. I believe there are fixes available for this which reduce the wait time and sensitivity.
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ref the RAC trackstar unit. They are aware of the problem & as long as your car is within warrenty period they will come out foc & swap the unit for an updated one that goes to sleep within 1 hour instead of the 6+. Did mine without any argument
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Originally Posted by corradoboy
Don't know if you're aware, but the Scoob has a (so-called) smart alternator that only charges when it detects enough current draw. This means if you're not using lights, fans etc then the battery won't be getting any charge and over a period of months this eventually drains it dead. Most have found the solution is to simply leave the sidelights on or the fan on position #1. A larger capacity battery helps too.
There was also 2 areas of concern with the RAC Trackstar unit. It has a default wait time of 6 hours where it keeps trying to detect satelites before going into sleep mode, even if parked in a garage. It also has a very sensitive movement sensor which can be triggered by passing vehicles, reseting the wait time so it never reaches sleep mode. I believe there are fixes available for this which reduce the wait time and sensitivity.
There was also 2 areas of concern with the RAC Trackstar unit. It has a default wait time of 6 hours where it keeps trying to detect satelites before going into sleep mode, even if parked in a garage. It also has a very sensitive movement sensor which can be triggered by passing vehicles, reseting the wait time so it never reaches sleep mode. I believe there are fixes available for this which reduce the wait time and sensitivity.
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I am glad mine was only a baby WRX then, and i had another tracking device fitted! I went away for a week and shat me pants thinking it was gonna be flat when i got back, but nope. Started 1st time again for me
Well impressed.
Well impressed.
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Originally Posted by Stephen Pope
Between this and the rear shockers, these models are a bit of a pain!!!
Re-designed shockers and top mounts, new tracker pcb and battery all FOC.
top job subaru.
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Originally Posted by davedipster
At least subaru have a fix for this.
Re-designed shockers and top mounts, new tracker pcb and battery all FOC.
top job subaru.
dipster
Re-designed shockers and top mounts, new tracker pcb and battery all FOC.
top job subaru.
dipster
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Originally Posted by davedipster
At least subaru have a fix for this.
Re-designed shockers and top mounts, new tracker pcb and battery all FOC.
top job subaru.
dipster
Re-designed shockers and top mounts, new tracker pcb and battery all FOC.
top job subaru.
dipster
cheers
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Originally Posted by simo
ref the RAC trackstar unit. They are aware of the problem & as long as your car is within warrenty period they will come out foc & swap the unit for an updated one that goes to sleep within 1 hour instead of the 6+. Did mine without any argument
Simon
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Thanks,
Gazz.
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Originally Posted by Gazz300
Simon can you post details please? Needed a new battery after a week away! Also does it lower the protection offered by the Trackstar in any way?
Thanks,
Gazz.
Thanks,
Gazz.
Simon
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Originally Posted by donutman
so why have cars still got knocking noises from the rear after they have supposedly been replaced with the new upgraded parts.
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