flat battery

Hi, I'm at a loss, I've had a new starter and leisure battery installed in the past year and have a B2B Victron Smart Charger, which should be set-up correctly, but I've left my van for a week to find that the starter battery is down to 5 volts. Does anyone have any recommendations as to what I...

I hooked up to 240 to give my leisure battery a well needed boost . Made sure it finished (eg settled down at 14v and after a few hours disconnected . Another couple of hours later I went to start the van and the starter motor was dead . Called the AA and they confirmed it was not taking a...

Hi, I have an issue where my T6 will not start. It had a low battery warning on Saturday and I tried to start it, 2nd try it fired up for about 2 seconds and now the dash does not light up the electric windows are also not working. I and others (RAC & AA) have checked the small fuse box under...

I have just been out to start the van, flat battery. I noticed yesterday that the interior lights did not stay on when the door was opened, as they would normally do,& then fade out after approx 30 seconds after the door was shut, they just went out after approx 30 seconds, no fade out as...

Hi all, So stupid me left the switch on my PMS split charger thing to 'car' for the past couple of days so my battery just went flat and alarm started sounding (this is normal according to the VW manual?). Tried to stop it with the key fob but nothing... Alarm stopped after a few minutes so I...

First weekend away had a great time until I tried starting the van 2016 t6 automatic called the breakdown man out he jumped me of, by the time I got home van battery fully charged and after two days of short journey to work it still holding 12.7 v??

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Morning my new to me van 2018 t6 only had it a couple of days,this morning it wouldn’t start Engine turned over and over on the 4th attempt just before giving up it just started. Got to work started fine no lights on dash etc any advice welcome as going on holiday with it on Saturday...

I have a 2019 T6 camper van with solar panel. The engine battery has a permanent minor load (van computer, clock tracker etc) which is well within limits according to the local VW van centre. The battery goes flat after aboiut 4 to 5 days. The van centre say that the battery is fine and does...

Hi, Appreciate without seeing / knowing further info a difficult one but just any ideas... Camper is hooked up to Camp site electrics - Electrics box in Camper shows power is connected and all good. However just come to start van - ignition on fine but just won't start - rapid clicking noise...

Hi Decided to remove all the timber panelling/ bulkhead today in preparation for starting the conversion. I was probably messing around for 90mins, doors open (so interior light on) and radio on. When I then came to start it, it was completely dead. Luckily I’ve got a boost start charger...

Quick one. Just had cause to use the van and went to give the key fob a long press to fold the mirrors in and they are not moving... any ideas? did have a power drain issue which meant the battery went flat a few times... many suggestions appreciated! CZ

Came home after a 50 mile run this evening (van not me, I'd be dead at 1 mile), parked up on the drive, popped in the house, came out 2 minutes later, engine tried to turn over and then died. Battery flat. Briefly saw a 12v battery too low, turning off audio message. We have only had the van a...

Hi All, Alarm started going off at 6am this morning. Battery appeared to be dead. Haven’t used van since 27 Oct. is this normal? Has the cold caused it to drain quicker? cheers Cz.

Hi, hope someone may be able to help. We have a Jobl Kampa and this morning had a flat battery. We have had the van for 12m and never had any problems before. we are wondering if the cause is the extra fridge we plugged into the 12v socket on the vans main power panel but we were hooked up to...

hi I've purchased a Thinkware dash cam Q800 pro, can anyone please give me some advice on how to hard wire it into the fuse box ?

Hi all, I've been having trouble with my battery discharging if the vehicle is not being used. Takes about to weeks to go flat. I've taken it in as it's covered under warranty and they have come back and said that because it's a new type of van the alternator doesn't charge that battery anymore...

Hi Looking for any help on this problem. My battery was dead flat when i went to the van yesterday, having not been anywhere for 4 weeks.... Tried to jump it with a power pack but that was no good. Had the battery on charge overnight and it appears to be holding a voltage but now the half the...

Another Battery Thread Yay... After reading many threads include @Dellmassive Battery Chargers How I did it. Since the battery is dead (just enough to sound the alarm) I plan on getting this NOCO 10 amp charger to fully charge and then maintain this charge by plugging it in every few days...

So, first off, my main van battery was changed under warranty at the end of last year as the moll was faulty. So the battery fitted now is only a few months old and a varta I believe. I came to start the van last week and it was flat, dead as a dodo. Called out vw assist and he said it's...