Dashboard lights when accelerating

mattb10

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Hi all,

Lately I've been posting about a dead battery / battery drain. My car has been stored at my parents house so today I went to collect it and bring it home. It's been there for 3 months.

Naturally the battery was dead so I jump started the car and left it running for a while. I went for a 10 minute drive but I noticed that when I put my foot down on the accelerator (at around the 50% mark) some dashboard lights lit up.

Not only did the dashboard light up but I could see the radio light extinguish. It only happened for about half a second then everything returned to normal, but it happened every time I put my foot right down.

I took a quick video but it's a bit blurry. The screenshot is the moment the lights lit up. The lights that lit up were ABS, Parking Brake, Flat Tire Monitor (Amber) and DSC.

dashboard-1.jpg


Is this just because the battery is so drained?

I've currently got it hooked up to a trickle charger so it'll be a couple of days before I take the car out again.
 
Could be damp or discharge related. If its not causing any problems I would give it a few good runs.
 
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