Thread: L322 Dead Battery?

Hi James, have you measured the voltage when you try to crank it? Just wondering if the volts are dropping right off under the load. How old is the battery in it? It may have been on its last legs, and leavng it for a few days tipped it over the edge.

The multimeter shows as low at 10.00 when the key is turned to attempt the starting process...

Also within the last hour since the car was charged and showing 12.03 (which may have been a misleading representation due to the battery only JUST being charged) it now shows 11.39...

After a quick look and some assumptions the battery appears to be the original... So this could very easily be the cause of these issues... Is it possible to replace the battery yourself? or will the "Explosives" cause to much of a safety risk?

It also seems strange that even with power from a doner vehicle and reading 13.30 that the car will not crank over?

James.

James
Just a thought ! have you tried to start it in neutral ? it may also be the inhibitor switches are playing up. Though the low battery volts reading are more likely to be the cause.

Sounds like it is shagged. Easy to replace yourself. You will need to put the bonnet up to its top access position to get to it. Simply disconnect it - negative first, then the positive, and put the new one in reverse order - pos first, then neg. Turn the ignition on, then you will need to turn the steering wheel from lock to lock and you should be sorted.

Not really suprising you can't jump start it, unless you have a very large donor battery and a really good set of jumper leads - not the crap you get from most places - you simply won't get the grunt across. You may see plenty of volts, but remember you need enough current not only to crank the engine, but the dead battery will also be dragging current and competing against the starter. It is not as easy as you think to jump a car with a stuffed battery.

Cheers - Gav

Originally Posted by Laurie

James
Just a thought ! have you tried to start it in neutral ? it may also be the inhibitor switches are playing up. Though the low battery volts reading are more likely to be the cause.

I have tried to start it in Neutral as well and this was unsuccessful also... I will replace the battery in the car and the Fob and hope for the best!

James.

Originally Posted by bacicat2000

Sounds like it is shagged. Easy to replace yourself. You will need to put the bonnet up to its top access position to get to it. Simply disconnect it - negative first, then the positive, and put the new one in reverse order - pos first, then neg. Turn the ignition on, then you will need to turn the steering wheel from lock to lock and you should be sorted.

Cheers - Gav

Thanks for your advice Gav!

Now i just have to get the time to get to a battery place during the week... as they are all closed due to it being Sunday and i am working days this week which will make it difficult

Cheers, James.

As we all should know RR are very battiery hungery so a battery that is even a little down will cause all sorts of problems. If in dought replace it. As Gavin has said.

Gary

I left my key in and the radio on last Sunday, whilst fitting up one of those genuine rubber nudge bars to my td6, went to start it in the arvo and the key wouldn't turn, then noticed the interior lights were dim, volts had dropped to 10.6v. I jump started it, ran it for a half hour and it's started good as gold all week,I took it in to get the battery load tested and it was still fine but now I pull the key out of the ignition as it seems to draw quite a lot of current out just on the acc mode? But get your bat tested and bin it if in doubt.