Morning all,

When I went to start my car this morning, it really struggled and took a long time to start. Car is only just coming to 12 months old (Scout 150 manual) and this has never happened before. Then when it started an error appeared saying check number plate light. Got out the car and nothing wrong with the bulbs! Stopped the engine and tried again, and the error disappeared.

Anyone had anything like this before? I'm hoping it's just a random one off!

Forgot to add, temperature was 5 degrees so not particularly cold.

Thanks,

Jonathan

Edited 12 January, 20179 yr by Pigglesberg

Battery starting to die?

As Jaco suggested, my first thought would be a low battery.

Do you have a dashcam or anything plugged in overnight, have you been only doing only short journey for a few weeks etc?

 

It is fairly common that when starting with a low battery the loss of voltage when the starter is activated can cause some electronic modules to reset & perhaps throw a warning lamps or two.

 

Give it a good run for 15-30minutes & see what the start is like the next day.

If it continues then take it to the dealer & get them to take a look as it could be the first signs of a dodgy battery, alternator or perhaps battery monitoring module.

Edited 12 January, 20179 yr by Gabbo

Thanks for the responses :)

I don't have a dash cam or anything plugged in and I've been doing 40 mile round trips 4 days a week for the past few weeks so hopefully that's enough of a run with regards to charging battery etc.

I'll keep an eye on it over next few days and if it does it again I'll take it straight to the dealers for them to have a look at.

Thanks again,

Jonathan

Edited 12 January, 20179 yr by Pigglesberg

As Jaco suggested, my first thought would be a low battery.

Do you have a dashcam or anything plugged in overnight, have you been only doing only short journey for a few weeks etc?

 

It is fairly common that when starting with a low battery the loss of voltage when the starter is activated can cause some electronic modules to reset & perhaps throw a warning lamps or two.

 

Give it a good run for 15-30minutes & see what the start is like the next day.

If it continues then take it to the dealer & get them to take a look as it could be the first signs of a dodgy battery, alternator or perhaps battery monitoring module.

+1 for Jakko and Gabbo's comments. 

I don't have a dash cam or anything plugged in and I've been doing 40 mile round trips 4 days a week for the past few weeks so hopefully that's enough of a run with regards to charging battery etc.

I'll keep an eye on it over next few days and if it does it again I'll take it straight to the dealers for them to have a look at.

 

There have been a few sporadic reports on the forums of low batteries & StopStart disabled because of low state of charge.

Some early cars were fixed with a new battery monitoring module & some by a replacement battery.

However, most seem to be caused caused due to dashcams//chargers etc pulling a load over night.

 

As you have discounted the latter, I wouldn't hesitate to take to the dealer for a check if it does it again.

40 miles is more than enough to keep the battery fully topped up.

There have been a few sporadic reports on the forums of low batteries & StopStart disabled because of low state of charge.

Some early cars were fixed with a new battery monitoring module & some by a replacement battery.

However, most seem to be caused caused due to dashcams//chargers etc pulling a load over night.

 

As you have discounted the latter, I wouldn't hesitate to take to the dealer for a check if it does it again.

40 miles is more than enough to keep the battery fully topped up.

Why should disabling stop-start affect the battery charging ?   K

Why should disabling stop-start affect the battery charging ?   K

It doesn't, Its the low battery affecting start/stop from kicking in/working.

OK thanks

I dont think the batteries Skoda fit as OEM are particularly fabulous in terms of Amp Hours.....possibly that its now a year old it may have started to fault..... cold snap is causing the voltage delivered from the battery to be just low enough to cause issues?

I never had battery issues but my old Mk3 2.0 TDI 150 suffered from intermittent slow starting, went in under warranty twice to be investigated but no fault found....I accepted it as a characteristic. TBF two Mk7 GTD Golfs I ran as company cars also occasionally did the same.

Edited 13 January, 20179 yr by pipsypreturnsagain

On 12/01/2017 at 11:52, Gabbo said:

As Jaco suggested, my first thought would be a low battery.

Do you have a dashcam or anything plugged in overnight, have you been only doing only short journey for a few weeks etc?

 

It is fairly common that when starting with a low battery the loss of voltage when the starter is activated can cause some electronic modules to reset & perhaps throw a warning lamps or two.

 

Give it a good run for 15-30minutes & see what the start is like the next day.

If it continues then take it to the dealer & get them to take a look as it could be the first signs of a dodgy battery, alternator or perhaps battery monitoring module.

 

Is this the battery monitoring module? or is the battery monitoring module buried deeper in the system?

8 hours ago, Octy0GG said:

 

Is this the battery monitoring module? or is the battery monitoring module buried deeper in the system?

 

That is identical to the one I specified in my Construction Eqt days - Hella or Continental were the 2 we developed with and I think we plumped for Hella in the end.

Edited 24 June, 20187 yr by KevC_Derby