Well I think on battery number two I should now start to suspect the A2 itself? But where to start?
The story so far. Beginning of this year I got to the car after it had not been used for about 2 weeks and it was completely dead. The central locking did not even work. So call the AA out who jumped the car from the starter motor at the front just long enough for me to unlock the doors so we could get to the battery in the boot to jump it. Fine. It lasted a week and then the same thing again. After that he suggested I buy a new battery.
Which I did in February. All went swimmingly until a month ago. I had driven the car the weekend previously and a week after that I got in (the doors did unlock this time) but it did not want to turn the engine and the battery light was on permanently. So get the AA out again. They jumped it and I then drove it for over 2 hours in one go and then about an hour after a 45 minute stop.
A week later I try it again and nothing. The doors don't even want to unlock so it is totally, totally dead again. Now I have only 2 more home starts left with the AA and I really don't want to waste them further.
So I got one of these battery booster things from a friend. You charge it up and then it supposedly boosts the battery enough for you to start the car. But when I plug it into the cigarette socket it beeps constantly. The manual states this means the charge is not going through and you need to turn the ignition to the first position. This did nothing. So I guess this booster thing only works if there is still a tiny bit of charge left in the battery?
Said friend also has a full battery charger like the AA man brings but I did not take this from him as it weighs a ton. So I will have to get to the boot from inside and get the spare wheel out and jump it from there to take it to the battery place I bought the battery from. It is still under its year guarantee.
BUT: getting another battery I suspect won't solve my problem. The car will just over time eat another £95 battery to nothing. Any ideas of what the problem could be? What on earth has started to use so much power all of a sudden when the car is parked? Or is the alternator duff and just never charging the battery whilst I'm driving? Anyone else experienced this before?
The story so far. Beginning of this year I got to the car after it had not been used for about 2 weeks and it was completely dead. The central locking did not even work. So call the AA out who jumped the car from the starter motor at the front just long enough for me to unlock the doors so we could get to the battery in the boot to jump it. Fine. It lasted a week and then the same thing again. After that he suggested I buy a new battery.
Which I did in February. All went swimmingly until a month ago. I had driven the car the weekend previously and a week after that I got in (the doors did unlock this time) but it did not want to turn the engine and the battery light was on permanently. So get the AA out again. They jumped it and I then drove it for over 2 hours in one go and then about an hour after a 45 minute stop.
A week later I try it again and nothing. The doors don't even want to unlock so it is totally, totally dead again. Now I have only 2 more home starts left with the AA and I really don't want to waste them further.
So I got one of these battery booster things from a friend. You charge it up and then it supposedly boosts the battery enough for you to start the car. But when I plug it into the cigarette socket it beeps constantly. The manual states this means the charge is not going through and you need to turn the ignition to the first position. This did nothing. So I guess this booster thing only works if there is still a tiny bit of charge left in the battery?
Said friend also has a full battery charger like the AA man brings but I did not take this from him as it weighs a ton. So I will have to get to the boot from inside and get the spare wheel out and jump it from there to take it to the battery place I bought the battery from. It is still under its year guarantee.
BUT: getting another battery I suspect won't solve my problem. The car will just over time eat another £95 battery to nothing. Any ideas of what the problem could be? What on earth has started to use so much power all of a sudden when the car is parked? Or is the alternator duff and just never charging the battery whilst I'm driving? Anyone else experienced this before?