Hello again,

 

Most of you must be aware that the battery in the 3.6 is installed in the boot of this variant. 
 

There are extra battery terminals under the bonnet, to help jumpstart in case the battery drains and the boot doesn’t open.

 

I have been facing battery drain issues for a while now, and picked up the 70mai Jumpstart Kit (works fantastic!) and a Bosch C7 Battery Charger. 
 

What I wanted to know is

 

1. if I could use the terminals under the bonnet to charge the battery with the C7 

 

2. If the C7 charger can act as a Battery Maintainer when I am using VCDS.

 

Any help would be gold !

 

P.S - I’m replacing the CAN Gateway next week, because the battery discharge issue seems to be spawning from there.

Yes to both

• Support mode: allows you to keep the vehicle powered when changing the battery to keep the vehicle codes and settings.

Hi,

 

 I'm also interested in this - it sounds like there's a mode you need to set with VCDS to make it happen though?

 

 Cheers,

 Steve