Help needed please :-)

Bmwjay · Post by **Bmwjay** » Sun Jan 07, 2018 5:39 pm

Ok cars been in storage and the enevertable happened yer the battery was dead
So I put a battery pack on it and fired up right away
My issue is now the traction control light is on along with the tyre pressure gauge and a yellow hand break light
I have jumped the car before with no proplem so this is new one sure it’s something simple
Any advice /help would be great
Cheers
Jay

Post by **srhutch** » Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:08 pm

Your battery has probably had it.

Bmwjay · Post by **Bmwjay** » Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:13 pm

It’s newish

Is that why the lights are on due to low voltage ?

mr.tourette · Post by **mr.tourette** » Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:23 pm

Bmwjay wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:13 pmIt’s newish

Is that why the lights are on due to low voltage ?

I'd suggest just firing it up with a battery pack will mean there is still very little juice in the battery, take it off and give it a proper full charge, reset your warning lights and go from there, its well known these cars electrical systems are sensitive to low voltages, or tired/knackered batteries

Monkeydonkeyratmagic · Post by **Monkeydonkeyratmagic** » Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:21 am

Had this a while ago. Bit of a pig to be honest. Ended up changing.
Battery
Both wheel speed sensors
Front pads
Front discs
If your readings are wheel speed sensor implausible the it's could be what I had. If it's abs related it could be worse.

Do you have a light on for a light being out. I had the far left tail light coming on and off at random. Bulb was fine but wasn't getting enough power.

MACK · Post by **MACK** » Mon Jan 08, 2018 12:30 pm

Have you actually driven it since the jump start. If not the lights will probably go out as you drive it a short distance

Wildfire · Post by **Wildfire** » Mon Jan 08, 2018 2:25 pm

Flat battery, when mine was on the way out they symptoms were the same. I charged it up, made it about 10 miles and it all went again. Dead battery. Replaced it and all was well.

Bmwjay · Post by **Bmwjay** » Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:50 am

Going to take the battery off and give it a good charge
I have drove it the battery light went out but the others stayed on I guess the cold is not helping

Mike6 · Post by **Mike6** » Tue Jan 09, 2018 6:24 pm

Not worth the hassle. Its a known fact that even a new battery will not be the same again if it goes flat and is then recharged. Couple that with a car that is sensitive to battery voltage and you have a recipe for trouble. Batteries are fairly cheap items so just replace and forget it.

Bmwjay · Post by **Bmwjay** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 7:23 pm

Yea you are so right and that’s what I am going to do

Bmwjay · Post by **Bmwjay** » Sun Jan 14, 2018 5:57 pm

All sorted now
Well got another proplem now tho lol

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