Bebs
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Been in France for the past two weeks, done a fair bit of driving around. The GT sits on a trickle charger permanently at home and although I did bring the charger with me, I haven’t been using it down here since we’re driving pretty much every day, if not every other day.
Car sat for 36 hours the other day and when I went to press the fob... nothing... after several attempts the alarm started going off and I couldn’t turn it off. Eventually it died. Opened the door mannually, pulled the boot opener under the rear seat. Stuck the key in the ignition.. no lights... just completely dead.
I then plugged in the trickle charger.. after a few minutes, the alarm started going nuts again so disconnected the charger.
It looks like it’s still on the original factory Maserati battery so I suppose it’s done quite well for a 2010 car.
I ordered an Exide EA1000, 100Ah, as favoured by Matt on here, for delivery today or tomorrow.
Is there a new battery ‘start up procedure’ other than Lock-Unlock, windows down and up, turn on ignition and leave for 10 seconds before start up?
I’m guessing the battery has just come to the end of its life and because it always sits on a charger at home, I‘ve not had any warnings.
Car sat for 36 hours the other day and when I went to press the fob... nothing... after several attempts the alarm started going off and I couldn’t turn it off. Eventually it died. Opened the door mannually, pulled the boot opener under the rear seat. Stuck the key in the ignition.. no lights... just completely dead.
I then plugged in the trickle charger.. after a few minutes, the alarm started going nuts again so disconnected the charger.
It looks like it’s still on the original factory Maserati battery so I suppose it’s done quite well for a 2010 car.
I ordered an Exide EA1000, 100Ah, as favoured by Matt on here, for delivery today or tomorrow.
Is there a new battery ‘start up procedure’ other than Lock-Unlock, windows down and up, turn on ignition and leave for 10 seconds before start up?
I’m guessing the battery has just come to the end of its life and because it always sits on a charger at home, I‘ve not had any warnings.