Post by: KeithB on October 02, 2021, 05:37:27 PM
Can anyone offer any advice on this?
Keith
Post by: jwb on October 02, 2021, 05:41:52 PM
ALWAYS CARRY SPARES!
Sorry couldn't help myself;(
I hope it gets sorted soon!
Ps
Aren't you supposed to get a 1 start by placing fob against the button.???
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Post by: jwb on October 02, 2021, 05:44:12 PM
ask if they're carrying a spare battery or borrow their fob battery!
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Post by: GeoffA on October 02, 2021, 05:51:01 PM
Seems the battery could be a CR1632 or CR2032. Best to check before buying replacements.
CR2032 are very common. Servo's and lots of other shops probably have them.
Modern technology is wonderful....until it isn't....
Post by: corndog on October 02, 2021, 05:57:41 PM
Post by: gronk on October 02, 2021, 07:56:03 PM
Use the actual key in the fob to lock/unlock the car and to start it, hold the fob over the start button until it beeps then push the start button as usual.
Used a fob like this for a week once.
Post by: jclures on October 02, 2021, 08:29:10 PM
Post by: KeithB on October 02, 2021, 08:29:21 PM
solution was to go down to the pub with the couple in the caravan next door. That seems to have worked rather we[ll.
Many thanks
Keith
Post by: KeithB on October 02, 2021, 08:32:05 PM
I was in Muttaburra last week, how long have you been there Keith.
Just arrived this arvo and staying tomorrow night. Where are you now? Would be nice to catch up.
Keith.
Post by: jclures on October 02, 2021, 08:43:15 PM
Post by: KeithB on October 02, 2021, 09:33:37 PM
if we can get the beast running, our plan is to head north and then across to the Atherton before heading south. I'll PM you when we get sorted and have dates. it would be lovely to meet you.
Keith
Post by: Bird on October 02, 2021, 09:43:41 PM
Post by: KeithB on October 02, 2021, 10:09:59 PM
What caused the starter to flatten?Dunno. We'll have a look in the morning after its been charged. I suspect a crook cell or something similar. I can always jump it off the auxiliary batteries - if I can get the tailgate open to find the jumper leads.
Keith
Post by: Bird on October 02, 2021, 10:10:50 PM
Dunno. We'll have a look in the morning after its been charged. I suspect a crook cell or something similar. I can always jump it off the auxiliary batteries - if I can get the tailgate open to find the jumper leads.sounds strange you only got there today and its dead.. Hope its something simple..
Keith
Post by: GeoffA on October 03, 2021, 07:19:14 AM
Turned out to be a bad battery connection...
Another time, more recently in a different car...
Drove 200m up the street. Stopped to adjust something (forget what).
Went to restart it....computer says no....
Dead battery...
They're funny things.
How old is your start battery?
Post by: bmwfreak on October 03, 2021, 07:29:34 AM
sounds strange you only got there today and its dead.. Hope its something simple..Our 2019 LC started normally to take us up the road 21km. Came back from shopping 20mins later and car wouldn’t start. RACQ called and he checked voltage - 12.7. OK, he said, start it. He called out stop after 1-2 secs. He said he could smell the electrolyte where it was boiling, and the cranking amps was 68 CCA.
Basically the OE 2 year old battery was rooted. A new battery was installed by the RACQ guy.
Like all my batteries, it was always on trickle when parked in the garage.
Toyota weren’t interested, telling me that to get any sort of pro-rata warranty after the initial 12mth, I would have had to have brought the vehicle into their workshop for their technicians to test, prior to anyone else ‘interfering’ with it.
Post by: duggie on October 03, 2021, 11:27:29 AM
Post by: Bird on October 03, 2021, 02:10:51 PM
Our 2019 LC started normally to take us up the road 21km. Came back from shopping 20mins later and car wouldn’t start. RACQ called and he checked voltage - 12.7. OK, he said, start it. He called out stop after 1-2 secs. He said he could smell the electrolyte where it was boiling, and the cranking amps was 68 CCA.would have been fine if it was a nissan ;)
Basically the OE 2 year old battery was rooted. A new battery was installed by the RACQ guy.
Like all my batteries, it was always on trickle when parked in the garage.
Toyota weren’t interested, telling me that to get any sort of pro-rata warranty after the initial 12mth, I would have had to have brought the vehicle into their workshop for their technicians to test, prior to anyone else ‘interfering’ with it.
Post by: Marcus73 on October 03, 2021, 03:49:20 PM
would have been fine if it was a nissan ;)Exactly…. No need to start them if they’re on a flatbed
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Post by: plusnq on October 03, 2021, 03:53:11 PM
Exactly…. No need to start them if they’re on a flatbed
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But the fuel economy is excellent 😂😂😂
Post by: GGV8Cruza on October 03, 2021, 04:06:49 PM
I also carry 10 or more spares as they fit the tyre monitoring system
Another trick is to also make sure your tail lights are working when you put your foot on the brake. If the fuse has blown the circuit will not supply power to the start button. Dont ask me how I know and how long it took to find such a simple fault
GG
Post by: Bird on October 03, 2021, 04:24:59 PM
Post by: GeoffA on October 03, 2021, 04:46:28 PM
Post by: KeithB on October 04, 2021, 04:13:36 PM
The problem was a flat cranking battery which was down to 6 volts. I think one of us left the ignition on for several hours after we had lowered all of the windows while parked. Neither of us is owning up at this stage.
Anyhow, the night before last I put it on charge and it settled down to 12.8 volts over the next day. It started fine this morning and we have headed out of Muttaburra and are now camped at Hughenden.
Tomorrow I'll get the cranker checked as it might be buggered and see about some fob batteries.
Thanks again for all the advice.
Keith
Post by: vern on October 04, 2021, 04:47:34 PM
But the fuel economy is excellentIt is for what it is.
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Post by: gronk on October 04, 2021, 09:10:55 PM
Unless you’ve altered the electrics somehow, it should have turned off after 20 minutes.
Post by: KeithB on October 05, 2021, 12:56:10 PM
The problem was a flat cranking battery which was down to 6 volts. I think one of us left the ignition on for several hours after we had lowered all of the windows while parked. Neither of us is owning up at this stage
Unless you’ve altered the electrics somehow, it should have turned off after 20 minutes.
I think the battery was buggered anyhow after all of the corrugations. Got a new one going in this arvo.
Keith