Ford Mondeo Dead?
Chong
Had a drive this morning at about 7am. To escape the house.
I returned at about 7.30 and everything seemed fine.
About 40 minutes ago I took the kids out, to go shopping, and the
remote locking wasn't working. Nor was the key when I tried to
manually get in. Got my spare key and opened the door and the car
wouldn't start, well not only that but I noticed the clock was off,
the electrics are not working and everything is basically "died". I'm
new to this area and found no-one in close proximity to try and get a
jump, just in case it's a flat bettery although nothing has been left
on. Just wondered if anyone could confirm what might be up, I know
nothing about cars.
The car is a Ford Mondeo Verona. It is a 1.8 engine and it is an R-
reg.
please help..........
Mrcheerful
"Chong" <briri...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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maybe you left the lights on? until you get a charged battery on there you
cannot really guess, but it is in the colder weather that batteries suddenly
die. I changed one last week, car used every day, never a problem, then one
cold morning: just a click, the battery had literally died overnight with
no previous warning.
gazzafield
"Chong" <briri...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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I would definitely have a check of the battery first off. Every modern car
I've owned (and this goes back to an '89 Mk II Astra) has "sudden flat
bettery syndrome". No warning, running fine, come back to it and it flicks
you the vees.
Chong
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> > Had a drive this morning at about 7am. To escape the house.
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> > I returned at about 7.30 and everything seemed fine.
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> > About 40 minutes ago I took the kids out, to go shopping, and the
> > remote locking wasn't working. Nor was the key when I tried to
> > manually get in. Got my spare key and opened the door and the car
> > wouldn't start, well not only that but I noticed the clock was off,
> > the electrics are not working and everything is basically "died". I'm
> > new to this area and found no-one in close proximity to try and get a
> > jump, just in case it's a flat bettery although nothing has been left
> > on. Just wondered if anyone could confirm what might be up, I know
> > nothing about cars.
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> > The car is a Ford Mondeo Verona. It is a 1.8 engine and it is an R-
> > reg.
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> > please help..........
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> I would definitely have a check of the battery first off. Every modern car
> I've owned (and this goes back to an '89 Mk II Astra) has "sudden flat
> bettery syndrome". No warning, running fine, come back to it and it flicks
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Thanks Mr Cheerful and Gazzafield,
would a dead battery show nothing on the dash at all, previous dead
batteries that I've had have usually had the management light on the
dash...?
I will see if I can get in touch with someone today with jumpleads and
then take it from there.
I hope you are both right.
it is a nightmare though............
cheers for now
Graham Harvest
"Chong" <briri...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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Probably is the battery, but have you tried reseating the battery
connections? The way you describe it as "everything dead" makes me think it
could be this. If it really is dead (meaning no ignition light, interior
light), then just loosen off batt terminals, wiggle and retighten. If not
protected with grease they could easily have become a bit corroded and high
resistance. Even a gentle tap with the wooden handle of a hammer can
temporarily cure battery dodgy connections. Common to happen this time of
year as the nights get cold and damp.
Graham
Arfa Daily
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whilst they cooked me some haddock. Came out and electrics were so dead,
you'd have thought someone had stolen the battery. It was the battery that
was at fault, but up until then, it had shown not the slightest sign of
impending failure.
Arfa
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I had same problem.. Sometimes the battery dies without any warning
and it looks like the electrics have gone when a simple battery test/
change may be the answer.
Theo Markettos
> maybe you left the lights on?
Did you fail to close a door properly so the courtesy light stayed on? If
it's in daylight you might not notice the light. This happened to me and
only after several hours on charge did it get dark and then I looked out the
window and spotted the problem.
Theo