having problems with the battery not holding charge, less than a year old, my old battery was doing the same which is why i got a new one.. not drove my car in 2 days now its flat, not enough charge to start the car...

anyone any ideas why

 

Is your car fitted with the Trackstar tracking system?

JohnD

 

tracker Monitor

 

Classic tracker fault, it's internal battery packs up, so the unit draws its supply direct from the cars battery. Get it checked out buddy. Oh wait, you're a signing on dole monkey aren't you.... got a multimeter?? i can show you how to measure the cars current draw.

 

The earlier Trackstar had a nasty habit of not going into 'sleep' mode so it kept drawing too much current from the battery. You need to connect an amp. meter to check the at rest current draw.

JohnD

 

no idea how to do the checks guys.... how can i find out if the tracker battery is dead

 

You need a multimeter with amp reading on it first.

 

how do i go about getting that then

 

You can get them from Halfords to a local motorfactors. If you have any local auto-electrical places, they can test for a drain easy but with the multimeter, you can find the cause of the drain.

 

How do you make a multi meter read current draw

 

You switch it to Amps, move the lead on the multimeter into the amps socket. Disconect the battery neg lead and put one test lead on the battery lead, the other on the battery post.

 

im baffled when it comes to stuff like this... anyone live near tameside (manchester) that can check it for me

 

If your any where near the M6 tomorrow, let me know lol

 

i wouldnt have thought so lol

 

lol I am in Manchester, Oldham to be exact tomorrow, M60 past Stockport etc if it helps.

 

hmmm interesting...dont suppose you could pop by could you...im inbetween stockport and oldham (hyde)

 

If this snow isnt about or traffic isnt bad, could do yeah. Are close to M60, crown point exit etc?