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458 spider won't start.. charge with tender?

Discussion in '458 Italia/488/F8' started by totheredline, Apr 3, 2022.

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  1. totheredline

    totheredline Rookie

    Oct 30, 2016
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    #1 totheredline, Apr 3, 2022
    Left my ignition on in my ferrari, it's not completely dead but it won't boot up to allow it to start (just displays some gauge lights). The ferrari tender lights up red in both places and the middle charge indicator is lit. Will it charge up enough to start with just the trickle charge with the keys removed?
     
  2. rob5819

    rob5819 Formula Junior

    Dec 12, 2017
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    Rob Barry
    #2 rob5819, Apr 3, 2022
    Any idea what year / type your battery is? If you are using your factory tender it may eventually give you enough to start, but it is quite possible the battery has failed and will not charge. If you replaced the tender with something like a CTEK 7002 (as I did) you should see where the battery is failing, for example, can't take a charge, can't keep a charge: https://www.ctek.com/storage/28170E5A4DF8DDE255F2544A55F5C421179A3398C557729443D3E9C908F0382E/d4c71f1fcf354b37bdfb3841d00adafd/pdf/media/01d8e64db81c4259bda89213323dad93/MXS_5.0-manual-low-UK-EN.pdf.

    For about $100, you can buy a small, portable jump start kit that should get you up and running to drive your car and get the battery replaced: https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/posts/148402974/. I feel comfortable jumping my car off this kit, others may disagree. I successfully jump started my Maserati Gran Turismo (4.7L Ferrari F136 engine) with one of these about eight times before I could get the battery replaced. When my 2014 458 Spider (with original battery) started struggling last December I was confident that I would not get stranded while scheduling the replacement.
     
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