battery issues

What year is it? Early 10's had a problem with the battery fuse that drained the battery quickly.

I've left my 2012 coupe without charging for 3 weeks and it started with no problems. But, earlier cars reported this kind of problem in 10 days.

 

I have a 13 spider and I've left it for a few weeks without a problem. I think you should ask the dealer. Maybe a bad battery.

I had a bad battery in my coupe -- replaced under warranty.

The 13's draw the least standby current of the bunch I am told. I've had zero problems with my spider.

 

Same here...no problems at all sitting 3+ weeks without charger.

 

Wouldn't it be unlikely that the iPod used that much power? Not sure.


Onno

 

If it were plugged in and draining the battery, it's possible. Have the dealer check out the battery draw or the condition of the battery. 10 days sounds too soon for a completely flat battery.

I've done 3 weeks and it's not a problem, with the alarm on.

 

Yes, it might be draining the battery when the car is off. Are you using the tickle charger?

 

Nav and radio can still be a drain after car is shut off as well. Best to use the tickle charger if you're not driving it every 2 or 3 days IMHO.

 

Yeah but that's taking a risk IMHO without a tickle charger.

 

Ferrari includes a charger for a reason. Unless I am using it the next day it stays plugged in. Easy to get distracted and time passes.

 

Unfortunately where I store the car (in a condo complex), I can't charge it. But, I've never had a problem unless I go over a month.

 

After six hours, which indicator light is on the factory battery conditioner? Is at full charge indicator yet?

 

Does the dash TFT say anything? Are you in some strange mode? Can you see the voltage read out on the VDA screen?

If the voltage is as low as 11.2 volts, the car may not start. It's enough to turn on lights but not run the ECU's of the car.

The electronics work in a narrow band. Thats true for all modern FI cars today. Keep the charger on and overnight you may get it back. Remember the charger is a trickle charger. It's not really meant to charge a flat battery. It's meant to maintain a battery. So it's doing very little work over a long period of time. it's giving out very little current vs a real charger you would see in a gas station. Those can charge in an hour or two but the battery is under a lot of stress. It's not good to do it over and over. That's what the trickle is for.

If the battery is fully charged, it could be a fuse or other shut down motor saving device.


I still suspect the battery though. It's the most likely cause. Start simple and work from there.

 

Remember to unplug the charger when you try to start.

 

hope this is minor.

Our 2012 couple arrived home fine, next day it was dead. Ultimately the culprit was that the battery had not been fully charged and dropped below the level the car could take.

If it's a low battery, when you try and start you'll either get no lights (i.e. dead), or likely come combo of crazy lights, buzzers, clicking and beeping, and dash alarms due to under voltage.

Tender can help but is a tender, not a charger. We keep ours on it all the time its in our garage. Also does help to consciously power down parasitic draw sources (vent fan off, light switch to off, satnav powered off, alarm off if you can).

For starting, if it boots up strongly and still nothing, other common issues have been leaving the charger pluged in (you'd get an alarm), inadequate brake pressure held or somehow the car is not in Park. Do you have any doors or hatches unlatched? These cars are finicky, if everything isn't to their liking they won't turn over.

 

2012 Spyder did the same thing after about a week, but it was totally dead. Tried the factory charger for a couple days because it's hard to believe a battery could die that fast and it wouldn't come back to life. Put it on a more powerful charger for a day or two and that got the car back to life enough to start. Since then it's on the charger and fine.

Dealer tech said if you ever don't plan on driving the car for more than 4-5 days, plug it in. Seems pretty hilarious to have to do that, but it appears there isn't much rhyme or reason to what makes one die after 3 days and another last fine 3 weeks, so charger it is.

 

Silly question but are you trying to start it with the tickle charger still connected? I did that one morning and it would not start. It needs to be disconnected before starting.

 

I think I know what your problem is. if you've repeatedly tried starting, you've taken hydrolic play in the pedal, not sure what this is technically called, but basically the pedal is probably stiff. You have to apply more pressure on the pedal to activate the safety switch that allows the car to start, like you normally would do, press brake pedal to start the car. there is a switch when pedal is pressed, when stiff it requires a lot more pressure. if it is not even turning, this is probably the concern.
thanks,
cengiz