Thread: D4 flat battery......again.

I have a query.
I leave the key fob / remote thingy in the console most of the time apart from when I lock the vehicle. This includes all night every night as it is in a locked garage. Could this be a contributor to the battery problem?
Cheers, Craig

Thought I'd try this out before posting, but it seems to work

(from the Disco UK site)
If you hold the button in the centre of the roof lamp cluster in for 3 or 4 secs, until the light flashes at you, it will turn off the interior lights so that they will not come on again until you start the car. You can then open and close doors without 'waking up' the car or turning on a light.

Cheers,

Gordon

Originally Posted by gghaggis

Thought I'd try this out before posting, but it seems to work

(from the Disco UK site)
If you hold the button in the centre of the roof lamp cluster in for 3 or 4 secs, until the light flashes at you, it will turn off the interior lights so that they will not come on again until you start the car. You can then open and close doors without 'waking up' the car or turning on a light.

Cheers,

Gordon

Thanks Gordon.
Looks like we might have to trick the buggers

Cheers, Craig

Originally Posted by gghaggis

Thought I'd try this out before posting, but it seems to work

(from the Disco UK site)
If you hold the button in the centre of the roof lamp cluster in for 3 or 4 secs, until the light flashes at you, it will turn off the interior lights so that they will not come on again until you start the car. You can then open and close doors without 'waking up' the car or turning on a light.

Cheers,

Gordon

That was in response to my post there. Seems all it does is stop the interior lights from coming back on. The screen and presumably other stuff still wakes up again with subsequent door openings.

And the lights under the doors (puddle lights) still come on.
Cheers Ken

Hmm, note this may be different between models and years, but here's what happens with mine:

• if you disable the lignting as per my last post and shut the doors (but don't lock the car), after the car "goes to sleep", you can still open and close the boot without waking it up.
• if you disable the lighting as per my last post and shut the doors AND lock the car, you can open the boot with the key fob and the car will remain asleep.

Only if you open the passenger doors will the car wake up.

Cheers,

Gordon

Yeah, you can open tailgate without activating anything, on mine as well.
Draw from computer is minimal (0.2A), but 4 x 10w globes in doors is around 3A, changing them to LEDs, would have to help.
Cheers Ken

Originally Posted by Disco4SE

I have a query.
I leave the key fob / remote thingy in the console most of the time apart from when I lock the vehicle. This includes all night every night as it is in a locked garage. Could this be a contributor to the battery problem?
Cheers, Craig

Yes ! The alarm ECU is continually looking for a start signal as the key is within range.
It is best to have the keys away from the vehicle approximatley 3m +.

Cheers