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  • #76542

    scottkilt7
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    UK - Scotland

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    Hi All,

     

    I put the car away in the garage for the winter at the end of October and have been starting it once a week to keep it ticking over but over Christmas I didn’t start it for 3 weeks. I went to start it yesterday and it’s dead, I’ve tried charging the battery and jump starting it but all I get is a click and then nothing. The battery was dead so I checked the voltage and it was 4.5V, I then bought a jumper start pack and connected it and when I measured the battery and it is 12.8V but suspect it needs approx 14V to start the car?

    When I press the Start / Stop button I get a warning telling me to press the Start button again to switch off the ignition.

    I think it’s the battery but looking for information and support please.

     

    Cheers… Davie

    #76543

    red-leader
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    UK - England

    Posts: 2365

    Hi Davie, have you got an extra security system fitted to your RS? If so what make?

    #76545

    scottkilt7
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    UK - Scotland

    Posts: 11

    Hi,

    I have Ghost installed but put my code in and get the flashing engine management lights. I was thinking it maybe went to default code but wasn’t sure.

    #76555

    red-leader
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    UK - England

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    Some one else had a problem with a Ghost system with low battery votage and the car not starting. Sounds like your car battery is dead at 4.5volts. It may need charging disconnected from the car. You could call the Ford AA cover and them to comeout and put a tester across it.

    #76685

    scottkilt7
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    UK - Scotland

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    I got it started after many tries and many annoying attempts, I even contacted Chris who installed my Ghost system and it ended up being a stupid stupid fix, When I was jump starting the car I had the negative onto the tab that runs from the battery to the body of the car, This somehow wasn’t allowing the car to start even though the battery was showing 13.1V, As soon as I moved the negative to the engine block it started first time and has been running fine since, Only think is now I keep getting a TPS warning when all tyres are fine.

    Davie..

    #76687

    bobcat
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    UK - England

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    #76689

    mikey456
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    UK - England

    Posts: 53

    Glad you got it started. I use a Ctek MXS5 charger to regularly to top up the battery, it’s a great piece of kit and not too expensive. That should avoid any issue in the future and extend the life of the battery. As for the tyre pressure warning, have you reset the values in the menu? It will keep giving a warning until then ??

    #76690

    white-rs2
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    UK - England

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    @Scottkilt7

    In the Focus manual their is a reset procedure for the TPMS sensors very easy to follow



    RS Edition.

    FPM375 Rocks

    The rest of the “M” maps suck

    #76697

    bobcat
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