I took my FRS to the garage due to the battery kept on running flat if only leaving it a couple of days. I had read about a couple of faults with the radio running the battery down etc so mentioned it to the ford people but they have no re-collection of this ever happening. Result? "You need a new battery sir". So after shelling out £100 for a new battery from them, less than two weeks later, I go out this morning and the battery is so flat that the alarm wont even turn off . I have phoned them back up and it is now going back into the dealer. Needless to say I have shelled out for a battery I haven't needed. Anybody any clues to what could be the fault??

 

i suggest you take it to a better garage could be the alternator, could be a wiring fault go to someone reputable mate ford dealers well most are shit

 

does the battery light keep coming on in the dashboard?

 

TBH the service you lot get from ford is crap!

One of the reasons i would never get a newish Ford.

 

The light did keep coming on until they changed the battery. Now there was no lights, as I said there wasnt even enough power to switch alarm off, and the car had sat 1.5 days.

 

Hi bud have same problem with my FRS batt flat in under two weeks !! stock battery is small but main problem Im told is you have got two alarms running all the time ?? I have now installed a battery trickle/conditioner charger I fitted a socket on battery box lid for easy conection

 

Mate,

It was the radio. There is a fault with them. It is buttons number 1 and 6 that drain the battery.

 

not on mine dude that was the first thing I threw out and the crappy 2 bob things that ford call loud speakers !!!!!

 

I meant that was the fault on my one!!!

 

I meant that was the fault on my one!!!

 

doh!!!

 

I have been having the problem for a while, not the battery, not the alternator it was the PCM which controlls more or less everything that has a voltage which is near enough everything...
Getting mine replaced soon, was told chipping them can cause the PCM to fail over time..

 

FORD DID HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE 6006 CD UNITS. PULLING TO MUCH CURRENT.TOOK US AGES TO SORT THE FIRST ONE OUT!!

 

How do disconnect the head unit?

 

Dave,

Maybe if you drove the car over 20mph it would give the battery a chance to charge up!!!

YOU DRIVE LIKE A GIRL!!!!!

GET A SAXO!!!!

 

Still whooped your ass son