Alarm/Battery on SportKA

scattycat | 15:23 Mon 17th Nov 2008 | Cars

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I think the battery is dead on my 3-year old SportKa. Is 3 years a reasonable amount of time for a car battery to die? It seems a little premature. I use the car regularly. Any clues?

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Panic Button

You may use it regularly, but if that is short journeys with heated rear window and lights on, the battery may not be able to keep up.

3 years is a bit short, so I suggest a night on a trickle charger occasionally may be needed.

scattycat

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mmm - most of my journeys are just to work, which is about 5 miles away, so I guess they are mainly quite short journeys. And at this time of year the heated rear window and lights are getting a good pasting!
Thanks for the tip.

chas2008

not normal, but possible , 1st bit of cold weather and battery problems show up.. Fords use to give a 1year warranty on a new vehicle battery but 3 years on a replacement battery ?...not sure what it is now, could be worth a call to a dealer

NORMANTHEDOG

why do you think they only give a 3 yr warrantee,because they dont last much longer.

Panic Button

Turn off the heated rear window assoon as possible, as it uses quite a bit of juice.

Don't economise on the lights though!

scattycat

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thanks for all your answers. I took it to the garage and they got me a new battery. Seems fine now. Sorted.

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