Flat Battery at the right time, right place

Was supposed to send in my car for the first 1000km servicing now but I realized that I couldn't remotely open my doors and the alarm was down. Couldn't crank the engine either.

Had to call for tow recovery and I've gotta wait for another 1.5hrs before they can proceed to my MSCP. What a joke. Less than 3 months, battery is flat. Maybe I'm not a heavy user but then......

Guys, do check your battery or whatever or so yeah.

u must have done something to drain the battery.... you may know I travel very frequently .... leave the car unattended in car park, no one starts it, the last being ten days... no problems starting the car with one crank so far...

kapitan wrote:u must have done something to drain the battery.... you may know I travel very frequently .... leave the car unattended in car park, no one starts it, the last being ten days... no problems starting the car with one crank so far...

Errr, like? I've only got my mobile phone charger running when im driving, ipod player if it runs on the battery and maybe car alarm installed. Nothing I know of.

I don't know.... I know the lights are cut off even on manual when engine shuts down.... maybe connection to your alarm is draining too much battery?? my car do not have after market alarm, so when she is sitting in car park, nothing is running...

u do plenty of short-distance (less than 10km) ?Before alternator can fully charged the batt, u shut down already. Parking too long more than 10 days better get someone to start once every 3days else it's a matter time the batt discharges itself completely.

kapitan wrote:I don't know.... I know the lights are cut off even on manual when engine shuts down.... maybe connection to your alarm is draining too much battery?? my car do not have after market alarm, so when she is sitting in car park, nothing is running...

Kap, yr car clock is still running & all those things with memory will also use the battery power

Fransge wrote:

kapitan wrote:I don't know.... I know the lights are cut off even on manual when engine shuts down.... maybe connection to your alarm is draining too much battery?? my car do not have after market alarm, so when she is sitting in car park, nothing is running...

Kap, yr car clock is still running & all those things with memory will also use the battery power

Orrrr.... clcok uses very little wattage leh.... anyways, if flat battery then flat battery, can always jump start, no big deal..... even if my other car is not around, I have many good neighbours who will assist.... thankfully...

BUY MANUAL la can push start ma!! lolx =x

no need to get CnC to tow your car back.
Just walk to nearby tyre shop and get them to jumpstart your battery.

btw, auto can also push start. Just put to neutral and push your car back and fourth.

Updated:
I realized that auto cannot be push started when in N. Well, if you
want to take risk, try pulling out the ignition cables and manually
jump start the engine with the car being pushed.

Auto can push start meh ? Well i never experienced and never tried.
Only experience on a lorry.

By the way did CNC replied what is the cause ?

But nowadays i kept a jump start cable in the boot just in case.

what I did to my dead battery on my old car long ago was to pull the ignition cables out and push-started it. Normally the engine won't start when in D but you can get someone to push your car and from there, you can shock the ignition cables and fire up the engine. But if you don't know how to pull out the cables, don't try please.

Ask for 1-to-1 replacement from C&C since battery is under 1 year warranty.

In addition to the above posts, the flat battery could be the result of a faulty alternator or a sub-standard battery. If the alternator is not working properly, the charge to the battery may not be sufficient to fully charge it up.

amerimacka wrote:Was supposed to send in my car for the first 1000km servicing now but I realized that I couldn't remotely open my doors and the alarm was down. Couldn't crank the engine either.

Had to call for tow recovery and I've gotta wait for another 1.5hrs before they can proceed to my MSCP. What a joke. Less than 3 months, battery is flat. Maybe I'm not a heavy user but then......

Guys, do check your battery or whatever or so yeah.

Hi amerimacka, so do you pay anything for the service? hw u claim the service charge? i encountered once too, and i called the AAA 24-hrs. so i am wonderinf if i am able to claim since it is under warranty, but dunno hw to claim. thanks in advance.