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Flat battery on Focus

Red Alert · 2009-12-18 09:55:42

I'm awaiting a jumpstart on my ford focus, but was just wondering how long a run I should bring it for to charge the battery fully. Nothing seems wrong with the car, I just left the lights on. Am I likely to have any hassle with the radio or ECU?

18-12-2009 9:55am

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Red Alert

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I'm awaiting a jumpstart on my ford focus, but was just wondering how long a run I should bring it for to charge the battery fully. Nothing seems wrong with the car, I just left the lights on. Am I likely to have any hassle with the radio or ECU?

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#2 18-12-2009 12:45pm

Muckie

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A lot of batterys fail this time of year because of the cold.
Just keep an eye on it, drive home should charge it up.
Chances are you'll need the code for your radio, if
its a factory fitted. Car ECU will be grand.

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#3 18-12-2009 1:00pm

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Drive it for an hour and it should be more than enough once your driving it daily, leave the rear window heater off today.

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#4 19-12-2009 12:12pm

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On the Focus one of the terminals (+ve I think) is hard to access so you need to clamp the jump lead to a lever that extends from the battery - just thought I'd mention it as it confused me the first time I needed to find it.

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