battery

My son has a 2004 SXI. I have done some work on it to get it on the road. I recently changed the battery and everything was fine. Started first time and run well I went out yesterday to start it after it not being run for a couple of weeks and it is totally dead. There are no lights on the dash...

i own a vauxhall corsa c 1.0 comfort, so basically, just over a week ago i was driving back from shopping and my battery light came on, lost my electric power steering and then eventually lost all power. so called the AA as i am covered and they fitted a slaver battery and informed me that it...

hi guys haven't been on here in ages! mainly got a civic and had no problems :/ but i cannot believe i did this, got a corsa c, needed a new battery but i put it in the wrong way :palm: :( so smoke from alternator the lot, i then put it the correct way and smoke from alternator O_O i...

My battery died on Wednesday night, the AA came out and replaced it for me and everything was fine, until I drove to work the next morning. The engine light starting flashing and when I pressed the accelerator there was no power. Thankfully I managed to car share that day, so when I returned...

I have just bought a cat d corsa (my second) I need to do some welding to it, and was about to start when I saw a thread saying disconnecting battery will give me problems. Can any body advise if this is true? It is a 60 reg 1.7 ctdi. Tony

Hey I got a 98 corsa b Had a slight crash a while ago and my radio stopped working. I have checked all the fuses in the inside fuse box and at the back of the radio it self. Swapped the after market ISO connector to a original one that I knew worked. Yet the radio still does work. I have read...

Hey, How is everyone? I started the car this morning and stuck everything on as usaul (heated mirrors, wipers etc etc) and I noticed that the lights were more dim than usual, gave it a little rev and they got birghter but them just became dim again. Went out on my lunch and measured some...

Had my corsa b for about a year now from one not so careful owner,it a 2000 1.2 16v 5 door,never had a problem starting it,yet I've always thought the battery was slightly flatter than other cars. Yesterday when I got into the car it was taking over very slowly as if the battery was flat,alot of...

Hi everyone I've bought my first Corsa today... and within hours I'm wondering if I've made a mistake! Problems are as follows:- 1. Oil leak - fairly substantial - appears to be coming from towards the front of the right hand side of the car (as you face it). 2. Battery warning light came...

Hi, I went to Sainsbury’s earlier and there was a girl stopped in the middle of the car park with her hazard lights on so I stopped and she said her battery was flat. I was a little confused as her hazard lights were on but she said the battery kept going flat and asked if I would jump start her...

Hi I have a 1996 N reg 1.4 16v X14XE I am learning mechanics at college so when i new my head gasket was going i thought i'd use their facilities in the hope of making the job a little easyer. Now, after changing the gasket and skimming the cylinder head i started up the car, it ran but was...

It was all fine i got out of the car ( 1997 corsa breeze 12v 1.2) i got back in 20 mins later and the Battery warning light had come on and the speedo, temperature and petrol gauge had stoped working. i had prviously tried to replace bulbs behind the heating controls the night before i had taken...

Well about a week ago when starting my car, it sounded awful like it was dying. It's hard to explain the sound but I thought it wasn't going to start. However it is still like this when starting it mainly during the mornings, (maybe the cold weather?), I thought the problem might have been a...