Tim Member 142 Member For: 18y 2m 6d Posted 09/12/12 05:00 AM Author Posted 09/12/12 05:00 AM The RACQ couldn't get it started. Tried jump starting it and they checked all the fuses and checked for error codes in the computer. No problems detected. Had it towed to Ford and they said it was a dead battery. I don't think it is that simple though. I have had a flat battery before and it jumped started fine. I think the imobiliser was triggered somehow. There were no dash lights showing up with the ignition on. Car is back and working fine with a new battery.
jas98 Member 1,053 Member For: 14y 1m 26d Gender: Male Location: Maryborough Qld Posted 09/12/12 05:16 AM Posted 09/12/12 05:16 AM my ba lost all power once, eveything electrical did not work for about 5 mins, then it did and everything was reset....I cleaned battery terminals and been fine since, however stupid terminals need cleaning everywheek......and they are high quality terminals.... supposabley lol
bionicxr6t05 Legacy Donating Member 2,216 Member For: 15y 1m 22d Gender: Male Posted 09/12/12 05:38 AM Posted 09/12/12 05:38 AM Falcons HATE dodgy batteries, and rac are useless, wouldnt trust them as far as I could throw them
wombatG6ET Legacy Donating Member 707 Member For: 14y 3m 6d Gender: Male Location: cherrybrook Posted 09/12/12 06:22 AM Posted 09/12/12 06:22 AM (edited) Same thing on my car yesterday New battery did the trick Edited 09/12/12 06:23 AM by wombatG6ET
Tim Member 142 Member For: 18y 2m 6d Posted 16/12/12 12:57 AM Author Posted 16/12/12 12:57 AM The bugger of a car won't start again. Same problem as before. Back at the dealer.
Tim Member 142 Member For: 18y 2m 6d Posted 18/12/12 11:20 AM Author Posted 18/12/12 11:20 AM By the time the dealers had a look at it the car started fine. I am fairly sure that it must be a problem with the key or immobiliser.
Tim Member 142 Member For: 18y 2m 6d Posted 14/04/13 12:32 PM Author Posted 14/04/13 12:32 PM My car has experienced this problem again today. Exactly the same as before. The only additional information I can provide is that the blue gauge lights in the dash were stuck on when the car was locked. The security light was also not flashing when locked.The car has now "fixed" itself and starts fine. The gauge lights were off and the security light was flashing when I went to start it. It was over 12 hours from when it wouldn't start this morning. I had tried it about 8 hours after it wouldn't start and it was still not working then. My feeling is that the car immobilises itself and then takes 12 hours for it to reset the lock down on the immobiliser.Can anyone confirm if there is a lock down time for the immobilisers and if so is there anyway to over ride it?I really need help with this. The car is about to run out of warranty.
julesk_1972 Member 267 Member For: 14y 1m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 14/04/13 12:49 PM Posted 14/04/13 12:49 PM What battery did rhey install?Cca?BrAnd?
Paulie2256 Legacy Donating Member 7,441 Member For: 17y 9m 27d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 14/04/13 09:25 PM Posted 14/04/13 09:25 PM If the fault has been reported within the warranty period you will be fine.
Tim Member 142 Member For: 18y 2m 6d Posted 15/04/13 06:10 AM Author Posted 15/04/13 06:10 AM What battery did rhey install?Cca?BrAnd?The battery is from Motorcraft and is 620CCAThanks for confirming what I thought Paulie.
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