Thread: Flat battery start...now engine check light is ON

Greetings all,
I had my fridge running in the Defender (MY13 2.2) and this morning I tried to start the vehicle and the battery was too flat to engage the starter solinoid,

I have charged the batery and the engine now starts...but the engine check light is ON, I assume that the ECU has recorded a low battery voltage fault?

How does one read the code?
How does one reset/clear the code?
Or is a low battery code what we used to call a "soft" fault that will go away if the ECU does not read the same error after X number of starts?

Originally Posted by ozrob

Greetings all,
I had my fridge running in the Defender (MY13 2.2) and this morning I tried to start the vehicle and the battery was too flat to engage the starter solinoid,

I have charged the batery and the engine now starts...but the engine check light is ON, I assume that the ECU has recorded a low battery voltage fault?

How does one read the code?
How does one reset/clear the code?
Or is a low battery code what we used to call a "soft" fault that will go away if the ECU does not read the same error after X number of starts?

Here is a update....
I think I have cleared the code...
I believe you depress the trip meter reset button and hold down, turn the IGN ON then turn the IGN OFF, the display will read R 06 14, release the trip reset button,
I started the engine and the check engine light is now OFF.
Not sure if I fluked it but it is now fixed.
I suppose there might be a correct sequence to reset the check engine light out there some where on the interweb?