Here is the original post from fall of 2015,
"I don't drive my car much, I have only 1200kms on it since I bought it in July 2013. When I originally picked up the car and was driving home down on the highway, I got up to about 60mph and the rear end was very loud. I would say a deep whining...
Ok follow up time....
Put in a motorcraft MAX battery and it fired right up, no problems and no engine light!
I do want to thank everyone for their help and support. When this thing is broke it’s like the end of the world to me, despite the fact that I don’t drive it. I do Love it though, it...
Never gets dirty, has never seen rain. Last time I washed it was 3 years ago. Truth be known the only place I drive when Intown is to work and back. If I drive to work it will sit in a commercial area parking lot and get dirty.
Also had lots of trouble with the rear end last couple years, made...
I have a CTEK Multi US 7002 charger which does the same thing as a tender i think. however, i always leave it unplugged for 5 months in the winter then plug it in. then don't use it again until the fall
well that solves it, i boosted it with the wife's car and it stared, the engine light is on (deal with that later), but it started. I must say i am happy it looks like the battery. Ran it for 30 minutes and shut it off, and nothing. I will grab a new battery tomorrow
Ah great thanks everyone. Will keep you informed.oh, it’s not rotting. I clean it regular and look after it. It’s just I don’t drive it anywhere. I know I need to start.......
may be yes.
Just tried to start it again using the Ctek charger on Supply. Wound up with a warning light (Error Mode) on the charger being lit. All that to me also says Battery. However, what messes my head up is the fact that i can let go of the key and it still clicks for a second or twos...
interesting thanks, I just popped the caps off the battery and 5 of the 6 cells are bubbling when on charge, however i did do a voltage check and it showed 12.5 volts.
OK guys I drive a my car maybe three times a year and as usual I just took it out of storage. I was able to start it a few weeks ago after boosting with the charger but only backed out of the garage yesterday (it was dead again so I put the charger on). When I went to put it back in the garage...