Disco 2 and flat batteries

Feb 22, 2004 6 Replies
J

OK this is for a mate of mine.



He has a may 03 Disco td5 that continually seems to suffer from flat battery problems. Basically he is being told that this is a normal landrover problem (the electrical system "leaks").



Now owning a defender I know about oil leaks but electrical?



Given that this should be a warrenty issue but it doesnt seem to be progressing very far he is keen to do some investigation himself.



Firstly - is this a known problem with this model (continual flat battery)



if it is what is the offending system/component, if its not and assuming battery and alternator are OK where does he start to look?



Thanks in advance


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Personally, I'd complain the hell out of the local LR dealer. A 1 year old vehicle doesn't 'leak' electric .. they're talking bullshit. errr .. that's if it was the local LR dealer .. If it was a mate then he's wrong, way wrong .. ;)

If you still get no joy then go to a local car electrics specialist ..

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House alarm systems at Origon weather stations have been previous offenders....

see here....

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Swaping a module on the central locking resloves the issue assuming your mate has the same kit fitted.

Lee D

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Twas Sun, 22 Feb 2004 09:31:41 -0000 when "Paul - xxx" put finger to keyboard producing:

I agree, shouldn't happen. The two times I've had vehicles that flatten batteries, one was a 1988 granada cos, the other a 1984 110 (not the one I have now) it was down to the alarm system.

I'd send your friend to a decent auto-electrics place, get a diagnosis, then make a fuss at the dealer again. This is quite wrong.

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On or around Sun, 22 Feb 2004 09:31:41 -0000, "Paul - xxx" enlightened us thusly:

stroo that. My bike has been standing for about 4 months, and only has a

10AH battery. nevertheless, there was enough charge in it to turn it over on the starter, albeit not enough to actually start it.
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Something is causing the alarm to stay awake all time - someone posted a while back giving details of a common device that causes the problem (not just to LR's!) - perhaps a seach of google groups will turn it up?

Richard

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Oregon Scientific weather station with wireless sensors, also some brands of garage door opener and some wireless microphones.

P.

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