Hi Guys,
I was woken up this morning by the RS’s alarm going off, went on a cycle for 30 sec increments and then silence for approx 10 sec before it started again. I got the keys on the 3rd round of alarming and tried to disable by the fob and it wouldn’t respond. Used the blade key to get into the car and then attempted to unlock/lock and push button start but nothing was working, also tried resting the fob on the emergency pad in this process. It continued to do this for maybe 15 times and then eventually stopped.
The car now is near on completely dead, no aux power and i still can’t unlock the doors via the fob. When i attempt to unlock i hear the servo’s slightly try but nothing happens. Figuring the battery might be dead and that’s why it was initially having a scream I checked it out, it’s reading 12.3v which i figured shouldn’t be an issue but maybe it is for this car? so i hooked up another car to jump it, confirmed it was matched to 13v in the process and still no life in the RS, no instruments, no start, nothing.
I then went through and checked all the fuses in the engine bay and they’re all healthy.
It feels suspiciously like a computer based issue or an anti-theft device malfunction, has anyone had anything like this happen or something similar? Figured i’d ask on here before i book in a tow for the 20km trip to the service centre…
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