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Battery warning light comes on after about 15 secs

Last post Mon, Jun 18 2012 23:11 by victormeldrew. 1 replies.
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  • Mon, Jun 18 2012 19:14
    • getuthere
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    Battery warning light comes on after about 15 secs

     My battery warning light comes back on after about 15 seconds of starting up the car ( Mk2.5. Nevada 1.8 ,03 plate) . The belts are all tight and the situation has only just started. I have a nearly new bosch battery fitted. I can only think the faulot started after I tried to attach one of the EML 327 bluetooth OBDII connectors the other evening. I had to wiggle the OBDII connector a couple of times just to get it to slip onto the socket near the fusebox (near the bonnet release lever). I have read that sometimes the fault occurs not as a result of a failure in the alternator but a break in the wiring from the alternator. I wonder if I have damaged a wire from the OBDII socket.  Can anyone shed any light. The car has been running really well up to now.

    2003 Nevada 1.8 Cerrion Silver ~ Rutland, (Leics)
  • Mon, Jun 18 2012 23:11 In reply to

    Re: Battery warning light comes on after about 15 secs

    It was possibly just a temporary fault that got logged as a fault code...have you tried clearing the codes?

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