chris_taylor
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I hope to draw on the collective expertise of RCZ fans here.
RCZ 1.6l 2010, owned from new. Not garaged, extremely reliable. No matter how long I left it parked somewhere, it started first time, every time, for 14 years running.
This time, I went away for 3 weeks, came back and the battery was flat. RAC jump started it fine, but battery test showed it was near the end of its life, so they exchanged it. Car started fine and I thought everything was ok. But when I restarted the engine to drive home, the "Battery Charge or Electrical Supply Fault" came up, plus the big red STOP warning.
The car drove fine, so I drove it the 80 miles home, with the warning signs showing. No issues, except that the driver side window wouldn't wind up as normal.
The warning sign is now permanent. The only difference I notice - and that might be just me being super alert - occasionally, when I approach a junction, the engine revs go down so much that it feels as if the engine is going to die. A few taps on the gas pedal, and it's all fine again.
Nothing on the OBD reader, the garage put on various other testers on different bits underneath the bonnet. One did show a a list of faults, but they couldn't pin point what the underlying problem might be and sent me away while they did some research. No response since and nobody knows how to print out whatever codes that one piece of kit showed.
I know nothing about cars and having had a string of bad experiences with garages over the years, this time, I want to go back and tell them what *I* want them to do, not the other way around.
Reading other threads here on the same error code, I wonder whether the most likely problem is a faulty Battery Management Module?
any pointers gratefully received!
chris
RCZ 1.6l 2010, owned from new. Not garaged, extremely reliable. No matter how long I left it parked somewhere, it started first time, every time, for 14 years running.
This time, I went away for 3 weeks, came back and the battery was flat. RAC jump started it fine, but battery test showed it was near the end of its life, so they exchanged it. Car started fine and I thought everything was ok. But when I restarted the engine to drive home, the "Battery Charge or Electrical Supply Fault" came up, plus the big red STOP warning.
The car drove fine, so I drove it the 80 miles home, with the warning signs showing. No issues, except that the driver side window wouldn't wind up as normal.
The warning sign is now permanent. The only difference I notice - and that might be just me being super alert - occasionally, when I approach a junction, the engine revs go down so much that it feels as if the engine is going to die. A few taps on the gas pedal, and it's all fine again.
Nothing on the OBD reader, the garage put on various other testers on different bits underneath the bonnet. One did show a a list of faults, but they couldn't pin point what the underlying problem might be and sent me away while they did some research. No response since and nobody knows how to print out whatever codes that one piece of kit showed.
I know nothing about cars and having had a string of bad experiences with garages over the years, this time, I want to go back and tell them what *I* want them to do, not the other way around.
Reading other threads here on the same error code, I wonder whether the most likely problem is a faulty Battery Management Module?
any pointers gratefully received!
chris
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