Thread: How long can I park a D3td and still start it ?

I've heard those stories, but I have regularly parked mine for a week to ten days while travelling and have never had any trouble starting it.

Mines parked up to 3 weeks regularly with no probs

6 weeks and mine was dead.....just over 7 volts.

Brett.....

Originally Posted by discotwinturbo

6 weeks and mine was dead.....just over 7 volts.

Brett.....

bought new dec 2008

aug/sep 2011 - 6 weeks - no prob.

jul/aug 2012 - 9 weeks - no prob.

I was tempted this year to leave a charger on it, but decided no. 2nd battery was down as I had forgotten to turn off a secindary gps unit.

next year as it might be 12 to 14 weeks, I will put on a timed float charger, alternating topping the batteries week about.

Thanks guys, should not have a problem next week -I hope.

Was worried about later in the year probably be parked for a couple of months, will put a solar panel on the roof and leave connected.

DD

I left mine for six weeks recently and it started first time when I got home...
cheers

DD, can you actually just hook a solar panel in ? Do you have a regulator for it ? If not, will the high voltage cause any issues with the battery even though it may only be a small amperage ?

I will now disconnect my battery when I leave it for a week or more.

A few years back, when I had no gremlins running around, I had a wrx with the keypad code to allow me to start the car. I was on the GRR for 4 weeks. Got home. Had to put battery charger on her because she was dead, but as the battery got so low, the system forgot the code. Put it in valet mode before i went away which gave me 10 starts. But it forgot the number of starts too, so got stuck at the shops with a boot load of groceries. It had to be trucked back to Subaru and what a rigmarole that was getting to code reprogrammed....it had not happened at that point to others.

I got so used to my Touareg not having battery issues leaving it for long periods when we travelled, I did not disconnect the D4 battery when we overseas in Oct.....so spent a chunk of the day charging it on my return.

Only thing I did not do was lock it in access mode, which has been suggested by others on this forum.

Brett....

Strange that is post has just appeared.. Have been wondering why my D4 has been a bit sluggish starting after a couple of days left..thought it might have been a duff battery so took it to the new Melbourne LR dealer to have it checked..they said nothing wrong with main or second battery and that some thing in the car is draining the main battery. Have to take it back to them in the New Year for a couple of days for them to trace the problem. They are saying that it is probably a module that is not shutting down properly.

This all started after I left the car with my panel beater in July for a few weeks while overseas. He let the battery get quite low,wonder if that has triggered the problem.