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Haylands Member Since: 04 Mar 2014 Location: East Yorkshire Posts: 8152 |
Pete
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6th Dec 2015 11:48pm |
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SMUTT Member Since: 30 Jun 2014 Location: Cheshire Posts: 459 |
Good news - don't forget to post back if the problem is solved - good info for others Howard
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7th Dec 2015 1:49pm |
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rangeseb Member Since: 06 Nov 2015 Location: Baldock North Hertfordshire Posts: 185 |
***update***
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11th Dec 2015 11:15am |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 |
That's the "Heavy Duty" spec for the ffrr Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
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11th Dec 2015 11:27am |
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rangeseb Member Since: 06 Nov 2015 Location: Baldock North Hertfordshire Posts: 185 |
Well the guy at Bennington 4 by 4 said that's the battery he recommends due to the size of the car.
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11th Dec 2015 12:55pm |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 |
You forgot a Tomtom's best party trick....... you can plug it in to your computer and UPGRADE the maps
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11th Dec 2015 1:41pm |
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nobbyclark Member Since: 16 Sep 2014 Location: Cumbria Posts: 131 |
With so many people reporting battery problems and non-starting, is there an underlying problem? Or is it like the mysterious D3 air suspension: some drive to the moon and back and never have a problem, whilst others have nothing but grief.
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11th Dec 2015 4:43pm |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 |
It's not so much battery problems, rather it's electrical faults that are draining the battery, and would appear that the later ffrr's have caught up with the earlier BMW ones I personally am beginning to wonder if I haven't got the better built car, yes it's got its' electrical faults, but they don't seam to render the car useless over night Me thinks that Ford went on a cost cutting operation when they took over Like the quality of the sound deadening in the tailgate, or should that be what deadening in the tailgate. And then there is the Tin Worm problem that a lot of newer cars are reporting Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
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11th Dec 2015 11:30pm |
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Fish Member Since: 30 Aug 2014 Location: Bolton Posts: 301 |
I went through this last year but never completely got to the bottom of it. It's been fine all year but has let me down twice this week already now it's gone cold. I think mine is due to the short 3 mile journey to and from work with lights, heaters etc on and the battery is not holding quite enough charge due to being drained several times. I now keep heavy duty jump leads, cteck charger and extension lead in the boot
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12th Dec 2015 8:39am |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 |
You either need to move further away from work, get another job, or take the poor old bus for a slightly longer journey every now and then Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
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12th Dec 2015 9:46am |
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archermav Member Since: 01 Jun 2015 Location: Black Country Posts: 345 |
I hardly use my truck. I only work a mile from home so generally walk (unless it's raining, then I use the wifes petrol car). Meaning that I put about £30 of diesel a month in the fattie. And I only put this much in cos every week or so I make a special journey up and down a few junctions of motorway just to try and stop the battery getting knackered.
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12th Dec 2015 3:24pm |
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Fish Member Since: 30 Aug 2014 Location: Bolton Posts: 301 |
I do try to go the long way home but if I work late, which is quite often, I tend to forget and autopilot home I don't get out of the office as much these days either which doesn't help. |
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12th Dec 2015 4:05pm |
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bleeperman Member Since: 01 Nov 2012 Location: lancs and Anglesey Posts: 109 |
The majority of problems will be masked by a new battery. The RR is one big teenage kid that cannot turn the lights off. I nearly sent myself mad trying to eradicate standby current drain. I guarantee most RR just get by because they are used regularly |
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20th Dec 2015 9:33pm |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 |
Hmm, Me thinks you could be wrong there bud, mines more like a two year old....... very attention seeking, and tends to throw a tantrum if ignored for a few minutes Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
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20th Dec 2015 11:40pm |
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