Hello everyone! Having a few snags with my corsa. A while back the Tacho just shot back to zero and the battery and handbrake light came on. Anyway drove it last night and the battery went flat. Anybody got any ideas or had the same problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
2006-11-21 08:00:53 · 13 answers · asked by Neil555 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Thanks for you answers everyone. Got some good stuff to work with.
2006-11-21 09:20:12 · update #1
Very odd? You may find, and this is only a guess, that there is a relay common to all three anomalies. If you have a look in your relay/main fuse box lid the relays are identified and you may find connections are identified as well (on some cars they are). Hope this is a help but I think your going to have to get an Auto Elect out.
In addition, have a look at battery terminals, fuses, fan belt, all wiring you can get at, etc. Make sure all these look okay.
2006-11-21 08:37:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With everything turned off, do you get a spark when you connect the battery up? To have discharged a brand-new fully-charged battery overnight suggests quite a high current drain, which would show when you connect the terminals as a noticable spark. I presume when you initially connect it after charging, everything is fine & the engine starts promptly? If you use a multimeter, be aware that they can usually only measure up to 10Amp DC before fusing. There may be more than 10 Amps flowing here. I would connect a charged battery, wait 30mins & check if anything has become warm to the touch eg Stereo amplifier, ignition coil. Most things don't receive power when the ignition is off anyway, but still check (if you find things are working when they shouldn't be, perhaps your ignition relay is faulty). Is everything operating normally eg central locking on all doors, interior light goes out, car stereo, alarm. If something doesn't work then it could well be near-shorted/stalled & draining a lot of power, but not enough to blow it's fuse.
2016-03-29 04:33:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its an electrical fault. What you need to do is take out each fuse (the non vital ones, obviously) one by one. Take out one, and drive the car for a day or two. If the fault re-occurs, its not that circuit. Keep going, until you find the fault doesnt happen, and thats the bad circuit. The main culprit when this happens is a poor DIY radio installation, so try the radio fuse 1st.
Hope this halps
2006-11-21 08:08:54 · answer #3 · answered by andygos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could possibly be your alternator most car accessory shops,will give you a free test.Or if you put your interior light on start rev the engine the light should go brighter as more current is flowing to the bulb.
2006-11-21 08:06:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A 1.5 TD Vauxhall engine??? You probably want to replace it with an engine that generates enough power to charge the battery!
2006-11-21 08:04:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,this might help;Check the brushes inside the alternator
2006-11-21 08:21:20 · answer #6 · answered by gazza-gazza 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start it after you charge it take the hot post off the battery if the car dies its the alternator if not than its a bad battery if bad battery replace
2006-11-21 09:05:42 · answer #7 · answered by 85 MONTE SS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you have an electrical circuit grounding out. This is going to nearly impossible to find.
Take it to a dealer, they should be able to locate it on the diagnostic machine.
2006-11-21 08:03:43 · answer #8 · answered by Shockey Monkey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your altenator or main buss fuse is at fault. Check your fan belt, then take the alt out and go have it checked.
2006-11-21 08:03:50 · answer #9 · answered by rex_rrracefab 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alternator blown or fan belt snapped or loose
2006-11-21 21:39:42 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋