Hi all. I bought my Bmax at the end of June, it's a 64 plate 120ps ecoboost Titanium with all the bells and whistles and only 25k on the clock, in mint condition and I love it! But...
A couple of days ago I got to the car and got absolutely no response from the fob - it wouldn't even unlock the doors. My first thought was a dead fob battery, but my 2nd fob was just the same. Long story short... my car battery was dead. I measured just over 6v across it. I hooked up a kind neighbour's jump starter and the car started easily. Took it for a 40 mile run and all seemed to be ok. I then set about finding out why my battery had gone flat, and eventually I made what I thought was an amazing discovery!
Years ago, some cars were equipped with a facility to turn on/off single sidelights for parking purposes by use of the indicator stalk; I thought these were long gone, but no! My Bmax still has it! There is nothing in the manual about this so, a word of warning: when you park up, make sure your indicators are off, particularly if you are going to leave the car for any length of time! My battery completely lost its charge in about 12 hours.
A couple of days ago I got to the car and got absolutely no response from the fob - it wouldn't even unlock the doors. My first thought was a dead fob battery, but my 2nd fob was just the same. Long story short... my car battery was dead. I measured just over 6v across it. I hooked up a kind neighbour's jump starter and the car started easily. Took it for a 40 mile run and all seemed to be ok. I then set about finding out why my battery had gone flat, and eventually I made what I thought was an amazing discovery!
Years ago, some cars were equipped with a facility to turn on/off single sidelights for parking purposes by use of the indicator stalk; I thought these were long gone, but no! My Bmax still has it! There is nothing in the manual about this so, a word of warning: when you park up, make sure your indicators are off, particularly if you are going to leave the car for any length of time! My battery completely lost its charge in about 12 hours.