immobilised xantia

peter mawer · Post by **peter mawer** » 26 Jun 2005, 17:37

Just gone to my xantia 1.9 td T reg after the daughter got some stuff out of it, it does not have the keypad thingy, but it is dead as a dodo, i think my daughter has immobilised it with the remote and nothing I do seems to work, the speedo is on 140mph ( thats a first ) although the engine is obvciously not running, can anyone help, tried looking through the guide but cannot find this one, cheers

peter mawer · Post by **peter mawer** » 26 Jun 2005, 18:49

me again, the car will start with jump leads, went to get a new battery from my regular supplier of tyres etc, and instead of taking my money he says it is probably a loose earth connection somewhere so a new battery will not help, what an honest chap. Does this fault mean its an electrical automotive engineer who needs to do the work ?.

JohnT · Post by **JohnT** » 26 Jun 2005, 21:04

Do you have access to a multi meter? measure the voltage across the terminals when it is idling, if u get 14 volts your alternator should be OK. If it is, it sounds though your battery has a collapsed cell. Assuming your terminals are on tight? When you get the car started switch on your headlight when idling, if the lights dim then it either a problem with the alternator or the battery and unlikely to be an earth problem. Remember about the radio code when changing the battery if you have not already lost it?

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 26 Jun 2005, 21:22

check negative battery lead where it bolts to gear box with a 13mm bolt,i had to look at a xara the other week,same thing looked like flat battery turned out to be this conection regards malcolm