Technical Need help.. Many electronic issues :(

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Technical Need help.. Many electronic issues :(

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Hello guys,

sadly, before 10 minutes i went to my car - that this morning was working ok - , i turned the key and many failures appeared to my screen..
First came up " ABS unavailable see handbook",
immediately the second failure came " Airbags failure "
Next "Check diesel fuel filter",
next "EBD failure".
I turned the key on/off many times, all the failures come all the times and it makes a sound "beep beep" all the times that i turned it on for awhile.
Of course the vehicle dont start at all.

Can someone help me? What happened?
i didnt do anything, this morning was all ok.
:(
 
All these failures together are suggesting a dead battery. Inconvenient but not too bad. All these systems are voltage sensitive, so a low battery voltage sends them all into a panic. There are lots of similar threads on this subject, almost all relate to battery failure.

Modern batteries fail suddenly.

First, check the battery connections, positive from battery terminal to starter, negative from battery to gearbox and then to the car body.
Next check the alternator connections.

Then need to get the car started, recharge battery, jump start or new battery, then check the charge rate to ensure alternator is charging ok.
 
Well, yes, it was a dead battery ( i hope it will end there though ). Its strange, i didnt have a notice that my battery has issues, all was working perfectly up until the last night. I called today my electrician, and he told me that it dont give power to the engine. I bought a new one ( 62ah with 540a 90€) with start/stop more powerful battery because i have start/stop, and is going ok up till now..
I have read many threads last night about the same/similar problems that the battery was causing them.
Thanks both for your correct points :)
 
Well,
before a month i bought a new battery (no name but japanese ). 62ah ( he told me that more ah wont fit to the battery place, because the batteries are bigger. I asked for a start-stop battery but he instist on this one. Paid 90€.
Today, after a month i went down to the car, and same things happened.
I have in my car: a 7" dvd player, a set of new speakers, a fiat alarm and a camera for reverse that works always when the car starts. I dont think that my devices are so many, that will make the battery fail in 1 month.
Why is this happenning? Is due that the battery may be faulty (the dynamo is 100% ok we have checked it before a month )? or it may have a leak? pfffff and how the hell we can find a leak?
 
Or the battery is faulty ( i have doubts about that ), or a leak as i said.. The thing is how you trace a leak? I dont see anything "weird", it just happens one day. Also what drain of what part can cause fail of the battery in 1 month? and the car is moving every day. The last days few miles, but the half august i did more than 600 kilometers in trips.
 
With everything switched off, the only drain on the battery will be the memory in the radio. This should not cause a problem.
Aftermarket alarms can sometimes drain a lot.

With everything off, disconnect the battery negative. There should not be a spark as you remove the terminal, or only a very tiny one. If spark is present, and quite big, you need to isolate as much as you can, alarm, DVD, etc. Check the boot light is present is actually off. (Fold seats down)

Connect a ammeter between the positive lead and the battery. With the earth reconnected, the ammeter will show the current drain. If high, disconnect items until the reason is found. Removing fuses can do this. If alternator is draining, disconnecting it will show.

Just a matter of keep removing fuses until the reason is found.
 
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