Flat battery car won't start !

[AndyMcc]

Hi all,

Advice pls. 2009 2.0D with 41,000. Three days ago after it was parked up overnight the car wouldn't start. When I turned the ignition key the panel lights dropped off, warning signs appeared on the display ( power steering service required, anti skid off etc ) and before it went completely dead there was a repeated clicking noise. I jumped started the car with a battery park and it fired up fine. Over the past three days it's been A1, ran perfectly, started perfectly, no warning signs or issues. This morning goes out to the car and yeap it's dead !
Initially I Put it down to one of those things,,, has anybody experienced this fault before ? Is it a know issue ? Obviously I will visit a garage but I was hoping for some pointers first. Original battery, clean tight terminals, no electrical alterations to the car,

Cheers
Andy.

[Ninja59]

something is draining it got anything plugged in, or leaving x or y on?

[AndyMcc]

Originally Posted by Ninja59

something is draining it got anything plugged in, or leaving x or y on?

Hi NInja59
No nothing plugged in or anything else different from since new. Just gone outside and the same again, click click click. Jumped it and it fired up straight away with no lights on the display to indicate a problem. Im thinking its the battery. If its starts with a battery pack and runs fine with zircon etc on surely that suggests the alternator is working but the battery is knacked and not accepting the charge to allow it to restart the car next time, or is only partly charging which doesn't provide enough power to restart ? Does this make sense or has the sun got to me !!! Confused.

Andy.

[Ninja59]

alternators are common if it is the smaller one in the 2.0D to fail or it could be battery hmm...how many miles are the journeys you have done?

[Daim]

Batteries can go over night... I've had it before. Healthy battery on Saturday, dead battery on Sunday. All it needs is a short inside...

[AndyMcc]

Originally Posted by Ninja59

alternators are common if it is the smaller one in the 2.0D to fail or it could be battery hmm...how many miles are the journeys you have done?

The cars done 41,000 and to be fare a lot of those journey are to work and back 4 miles round trips and maybe into Lancaster once every couple of weeks.

Thanks for your help,
Andy

[Ninja59]

take it a longer run i would say as a start is it even getting warm i doubt it.

[AndyMcc]

Originally Posted by Ninja59

take it a longer run i would say as a start is it even getting warm i doubt it.

Yeah I understand what you are saying but it does get warm. Whilst Alot of my journeys are shortish they are usually at speed and not stop start or ticking over, joys of little traffic out ere,,,

Andy

[copperknob]

get charging rate checke also battery because if it goes 100%totally dead it can loose ignition key no.s then you nead to uplift to garage and gey ecm reload to put no.s back in

[AndyMcc]

Originally Posted by copperknob

get charging rate checke also battery because if it goes 100%totally dead it can loose ignition key no.s then you nead to uplift to garage and gey ecm reload to put no.s back in

Thanks, have borrowed a multi meter so will check the battery voltage when it's finished charging fully later today. Recall it being 12.4v non running and 14.5 running. Will then take the battery off overnight and check the voltage tonight and in the morning and see if there's a significant drop. Not to sure how to check the alternators output on its own.

Thanks for the help folks,
Andy