Thread: Stranded at the drive in ..... In my D4

Not being a D4 owner I can't comment from experience but this sounds strange to me. Either the sound system uses a heap of current or the battery is faulty. But it's a new D4 so it could be anything. Could it be the alternator? TDV6 or V8?. I'd be checking these first.
Regards
Robbo

Was it a horror film or a black comedy...

If the radio is on the computer is active with a high current draw. A well documented issue.
Its an issue with many late model cars including my BMW X5.
You may need an old Holden to go to the drive in Ha Ha!
Regards
Barryp

Originally Posted by GBD4

An hour into the movie, the audio/entertainment system advised it would shut down with three minutes to protect enough power to start the engine.

Needless to say we watched the last part of the movie without sound.

This in my experience is quite normal and you ignored the car's advice and paid the price.

A typical scenario could be that the battery was down a little - maybe lots of short trips or working on the car with lights on, doors open and radio on - whatever - something has has cause the battery to be a little low.

At the Drive-in - no doubt internal lights on, radio on etc etc and the radio does take a bit of power - when the battery gets critical the message pops up on the radio - this is the time to deal with it - engine on to charge up or something alternative. Continuing on to use power form the battery had the eventual result.

The real culprit would have been the vehicle's use prior to going to the flicks where the battery drained down.

Most unlikely to be any issue with the charging systems. However if the message does pop up regularly then I would look at the system.

With my RRS the message comes up on the radio, if I ignore that the next phase in the protection process is that the radio will come on but there is no sound but the car will start (after starting it takes about 15min of charging before I get sound back on the radio) - if that is ignored then a jump start is needed. I have had the earlier stages a few times in my 3 years of ownership but only got the no start position when I was changing and testing front lights where they were on hi beam a lot.

So I would ignore at the moment - in future act on the messages but if the problem continues get it chacked.

Garry

Yet another case of cars being "Too Smart"

Should of taken a wireless.

really? there are Drive Ins?

If the battery were not already low, would the radio stay on? Or do the electrics shut down every 10 mins regardless if the engine isn't running? Cheers.

Originally Posted by harlie

really? there are Drive Ins?

There's a cool one at Yatala, just south of Brisbane. Has the retro window speakers as well. 😊