tokyomb
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I've started a new thread to see if I can garner some collected experience - albeit it is a long shot. Does anyone here live in an area with no mobile phone signal (on any network)? Or indeed, does anyone have any insights on what else might be causing a battery drain issue (that wasn't present when the car was at the supplying dealer, but showed up immediately the car was in my ownership).
You may recall my thread Stradale woes - Park off / ABS Unavailable / ASR Unavailable / ESC Unavailable in which the collected wisdom was that I had a battery problem. Two new batteries and the continuous use of a CTEK MXS 5.0 trickle charger later and it appears something might be draining the battery even when on trickle charge.
Driving the car for 15 or 20 miles puts enough charge in the battery that all the warning lights and messages do not appear when the car is then restarted. However, when left at home for even a night off the trickle charger, or left on the trickle charger from weekend to weekend, the car will show the syptoms again.
My hypothesis: I am wondering whether the Navtrak tracker is continuously trying to connect to a mobile phone network (which it will never manage where my car is garaged as there isn't even a 2G signal on any network) and thereby draining the battery faster than the trickle charger is topping it up.
I have a call in with Vodafone Automotive to see if they have any thoughts on this, but thought I would see if anyone has any similar experience or other ideas of what could be causing these symptoms. I'm also seeing if Vodafone can confirm whether a Navtrak tracker will connect to Vodafone Sure Signal device - which if it can, for £69 would allow me to rule out the tracker as the culprit.
You may recall my thread Stradale woes - Park off / ABS Unavailable / ASR Unavailable / ESC Unavailable in which the collected wisdom was that I had a battery problem. Two new batteries and the continuous use of a CTEK MXS 5.0 trickle charger later and it appears something might be draining the battery even when on trickle charge.
Driving the car for 15 or 20 miles puts enough charge in the battery that all the warning lights and messages do not appear when the car is then restarted. However, when left at home for even a night off the trickle charger, or left on the trickle charger from weekend to weekend, the car will show the syptoms again.
My hypothesis: I am wondering whether the Navtrak tracker is continuously trying to connect to a mobile phone network (which it will never manage where my car is garaged as there isn't even a 2G signal on any network) and thereby draining the battery faster than the trickle charger is topping it up.
I have a call in with Vodafone Automotive to see if they have any thoughts on this, but thought I would see if anyone has any similar experience or other ideas of what could be causing these symptoms. I'm also seeing if Vodafone can confirm whether a Navtrak tracker will connect to Vodafone Sure Signal device - which if it can, for £69 would allow me to rule out the tracker as the culprit.