pingusback
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Hi Guys, new to this. Just bought a 2007 Gran Turismo.
I found this forum useful (through Google) so thought I'd share this just in case it helps anybody else.
Bought the car...Activated the Navtrak, that was pre-installed. Next morning the car's battery was flat...had to be the Navtrak! All the electrics were down. Couldn't manually open the boot (to access the battery) because the manual cable pull wouldn't work..... this is a common problem according to the Maserati engineers.
So, had to have it recovered to a Maserati main dealer.
What they did to get it running, was open the bonnet, unscrew the covers, and attach a jump starter box to the positive terminal (they also earthed it to a metal part of the chassis)... This got the electrics going and allowed the boot to be opened. They then attached the jump starter box to the battery terminals in the boot and got the car started.
I'll know this for next time!! Was simple when you know how! Hope it helps someone.
As an aside, it WAS the Navtrak that had drained the car's battery and Navtrak had to replace the entire unit at a cost to me of £320. Hope everything is OK now! Fingers crossed
I found this forum useful (through Google) so thought I'd share this just in case it helps anybody else.
Bought the car...Activated the Navtrak, that was pre-installed. Next morning the car's battery was flat...had to be the Navtrak! All the electrics were down. Couldn't manually open the boot (to access the battery) because the manual cable pull wouldn't work..... this is a common problem according to the Maserati engineers.
So, had to have it recovered to a Maserati main dealer.
What they did to get it running, was open the bonnet, unscrew the covers, and attach a jump starter box to the positive terminal (they also earthed it to a metal part of the chassis)... This got the electrics going and allowed the boot to be opened. They then attached the jump starter box to the battery terminals in the boot and got the car started.
I'll know this for next time!! Was simple when you know how! Hope it helps someone.
As an aside, it WAS the Navtrak that had drained the car's battery and Navtrak had to replace the entire unit at a cost to me of £320. Hope everything is OK now! Fingers crossed