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Originally Posted by Tactician
We had at no time removed or disconnected the battery but it was being charged in the car at the time of this issue occurring, I had (for the past 7 days) noticed the battery was losing power when starting and had connected my booster pack on three occasions in order to fire up the engine.
after that the engine would spin-up and fire throughout the day (I use my car for my work visiting three care homes) My mechanic was checking my brakes etc. then could not start the car hence the issue.
I still need to figure out what forced a code input to fix this. if I figure this out I will post on here my findings.
Again thank you all for your contributions to the thread.
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Your starter may be old/dirty, causing a higher-than-normal starter current. Common issue with these cars - mine did this at about 250,000kms or so. The high starter current was killing the battery, as it was drawing around 400amps when starting (should be well under 300amps). Removing the starter motor (not easy!), then cleaning and servicing it, sorted the issue. Now it starts VERY quickly...
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