The Veteran

I have an 07 Hawkeye 2.5 Sti which now has a flat battery.
Next week I intend replace the battery with a new one.
In the meantime I was wondering what, if any, are the consequences of the battery being flat.Presumable the radio code will be lost,which incidentally I am unable to find.
I would be grateful for your advice on how I may find the code, and if the flat battery will affect the ECU, which has been remapped, also if the cars security tracker, along with any of the cars other electronics, could now be corrupted in any way.

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Radio code: approach a Scoob delaer, he will want your reg no and possibly proof of ownership.

Flat battery shouldn't affect the ecu.

No other electronics ought to be affected. Conatct the tracker co. for advice on that.

HTH

Bungleaio

iTrader: (1)

I don't think there is a radio code for the standard head unit.

Mine has sat without a battery for a week before and it didn't make any difference to the car.

abc

I've just had a flat battery on our MY05 WRX: the radio works but the presets need re-tuning.

I rang Tracker (cheers, Alcazar) and they said that the life of the battery in the unit is about 7 years and that if the car battery is flat for, say, 2 weeks, it could well be that the Tracker back-up battery will be dead too. Our car battery was only flat for about 24 hrs, but this, the guy said, could still have significantly weakened the Tracker battery.

There's a flat rate call-out charge of £80 to service the unit. Given that the Tracker system is essential to our car insurance, it seems wise for us to get the unit serviced.

HTH

The Veteran

Thanks everyone for your help, everything seems to have fallen in line with your coments.
My car was put on charge overnight, and my son gave me and the car a good half hour drive, as I am still unable to drive at the moment.
As I said everthing seems ok, so I would like to thank everyone again for there help.