Hello Skoda owners, 

Can anyone tell me if i would lose any functions on my Koraq  2ltr Edition 4x4  if i remove my battery from the car to put onto a charger.I need to remove the battery from the car because i do not have a suitable place under cover with which to charge the battery while still on the car.

Thanks in advance for any advice. 

Keith

52 minutes ago, skodakm27 said:

Hello Skoda owners, 

Can anyone tell me if i would lose any functions on my Koraq  2ltr Edition 4x4  if i remove my battery from the car to put onto a charger.I need to remove the battery from the car because i do not have a suitable place under cover with which to charge the battery while still on the car.

Thanks in advance for any advice. 

Keith

It will be ok but you might lose radio and drive data and you will have trouble locking all doors once battery removed

Being a technophobe does that mean those three conditions will be re-established once the fully charged battery has been  reconnected ?

Thanks for your help. 

Keith.

On my Fabia, I generally open up the bonnet, then lock the car up, prior to removing the battery for charging. Once charged, I open the drivers door via the key and pop the bonnet to re-install. I lose the memory from the auto windows so need to do the old "Up and down" Thing but the stereo re-sets its self once the ignition or the stereo is operated. It just takes a few seconds to test its-self.

 

I would be fairly confident the same would apply to other Skoda vehicles but if still concerned, a quick chat with the local dealer should suffice!

Surely you must have a problem if the battery requires charging.

Why do you need to charge the battery.  

No Karoq is old enough to have an aging battery that won’t hold charge

If it doesn’t, then probably faulty so get it changed under warranty.

 

 

Hello fellow Karoqas.

There is nothing wrong with my battery but because the car is used infrequently the battery is not fully charged  and this means a lot of the functions on the car do not work because the charge in the battery is below a required charge level for these functions to work.So therefore i want to use a trickle charger to bring the battery up to the required level of charge.

Thanks for the comments and information. 

Keith

Are you not able to store the charger under the bonnet, close to the battery with the bonnet closed? There should be plenty of space under there, modern chargers are pretty small these days.

 

The power cord can then be dropped down through the engine bay and onto the ground. The extension cable can sit under the car, so out of the rain, then you can trail the cable from under the car to the garage or front window etc.

On 10/02/2019 at 20:11, silver1011 said:

Are you not able to store the charger under the bonnet, close to the battery with the bonnet closed? There should be plenty of space under there, modern chargers are pretty small these days.

 

The power cord can then be dropped down through the engine bay and onto the ground. The extension cable can sit under the car, so out of the rain, then you can trail the cable from under the car to the garage or front window etc.

 

Done that trick many a time

Will removing the battery then replacing it charged more than when it was removed, not confuse the battery management systems?

What about a solar trickle charger? 

A few years ago, I had a lot of short drives, so I recharged the battery often. But with poor result initially, because my first charger didn't include the "saturation phase", which turned out to be the critical feature for maintaining battery health.

My current CTEK charger does that and has prolonged the battery life.

3 hours ago, Vectis said:

What about a solar trickle charger? 

I foolishly bought a £39 solar charger from Maplin just before they went bust, total sh*te, complete waste of money. Avoid anything that sells for £50 or less, even then I'd be surprised if it did any good.

Then again, I do live 53 degrees North, perhaps somewhere in the south might be better?

On 10/02/2019 at 15:06, skodakm27 said:

Hello Skoda owners, 

Can anyone tell me if i would lose any functions on my Koraq  2ltr Edition 4x4  if i remove my battery from the car to put onto a charger.I need to remove the battery from the car because i do not have a suitable place under cover with which to charge the battery while still on the car.

Thanks in advance for any advice. 

Keith

 

You will mess up the battery management system which keeps track of your batteries state of charge, necessary for micro hybrid operation, i.e. start/stop, micro hybrid energy management and energy recovery.

 

This may lead to all manner of electrical problems and shortened battery life. You should reset the battery management system using diagnostics whenever you connect a battery.

 

If you must recharge your battery, do it with the battery still fitted and connected, taking care to follow the exact instructions in your user manual. i.e. you must connect the negative lead of the charger to the earth tab on the body and never directly on the negative terminal of the battery as this has a current sensor that is used to track state of charge.

On 10/02/2019 at 20:58, skodakm27 said:

Hello fellow Karoqas.

There is nothing wrong with my battery but because the car is used infrequently the battery is not fully charged  and this means a lot of the functions on the car do not work because the charge in the battery is below a required charge level for these functions to work.So therefore i want to use a trickle charger to bring the battery up to the required level of charge.

Thanks for the comments and information. 

Keith

 

Good ride on highway, with possible downhill drive, would be the best way to recharge your battery. Karoq has complex charging circuitry with very advanced logic (micro-hybrid) which supports fast-charge but also in controlled fashion that saves battery longevity. I think 30 minutes drive would be more than sufficient as your battery is not dead but just undercharged.

Go out on a day trip somewhere

Be careful which charger you use to charge your battery.

Cars with start stop systems have AGM batteries and shouldnt be charged with a normal “flooded” lead acid type charger.