Bit long winded but bear with me.
The problem I have is that the car cranks over but won't fire up. I have a red battery light and orange ABS light showing on the dash while cranking it.
When I first put the key in all the dash lights come on and go off as normal, I wait until the glow plug light goes off and turn the key, and all it does it spin over, quickly not slowly. I am not sure if the fuel pump is coming on as I don't hear it, but not sure if I used to hear it before. I have tried holding the open button on the fob and turning the ignition on and off again to relearn the fob but it made no difference.
My car isn't used much so just sits there. I do try and keep on top of regularly charging the battery but did let it slip due to working away. Late one night I had a beeping noise so put the car on charge. It wasn't that simple though. The car wouldn't open off the fob and the indicators were trying to flash. I opened the car with the key, opened the bonnet and put the leads on, once the charger was powered up the alarm went off. I kept on trying to turn it off and eventually it stopped. After several attempts I managed to get the battery on charge without the alarm going off.
Now, I realise at this point that the battery is f**ked but its still holding charge and showing 12.6v. I don't know how much it drops when cranking.
I know its going to need a new battery, but will putting a new battery on it make it start despite the existing one having enough charge?
Any ideas?
The problem I have is that the car cranks over but won't fire up. I have a red battery light and orange ABS light showing on the dash while cranking it.
When I first put the key in all the dash lights come on and go off as normal, I wait until the glow plug light goes off and turn the key, and all it does it spin over, quickly not slowly. I am not sure if the fuel pump is coming on as I don't hear it, but not sure if I used to hear it before. I have tried holding the open button on the fob and turning the ignition on and off again to relearn the fob but it made no difference.
My car isn't used much so just sits there. I do try and keep on top of regularly charging the battery but did let it slip due to working away. Late one night I had a beeping noise so put the car on charge. It wasn't that simple though. The car wouldn't open off the fob and the indicators were trying to flash. I opened the car with the key, opened the bonnet and put the leads on, once the charger was powered up the alarm went off. I kept on trying to turn it off and eventually it stopped. After several attempts I managed to get the battery on charge without the alarm going off.
Now, I realise at this point that the battery is f**ked but its still holding charge and showing 12.6v. I don't know how much it drops when cranking.
I know its going to need a new battery, but will putting a new battery on it make it start despite the existing one having enough charge?
Any ideas?