Complete Electrical failure

Went to start my P38 last night, turned key, all usual lights came on, waited for glow plugs to go out, turned key................... and everything, I mean everything went dead. No intruments, no interior lights, no an ounce of juice anywhere. Any ideas before I call in the expensive mob..............

Tired Old Girl said:

Went to start my P38 last night, turned key, all usual lights came on, waited for glow plugs to go out, turned key................... and everything, I mean everything went dead. No intruments, no interior lights, no an ounce of juice anywhere. Any ideas before I call in the expensive mob..............

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Have you checked appropriate fuses and the fusable link?

Seemd a bit strange that all fuses would go, where's the "fusable link" located?

Was it very cold? Sounds just like a dead battery to me. They go like that sometimes when the temperature is low.

i would try a new battery or known good one before anything else. sounds like classic winter battery failure!!!

You have checked the battery/earth connection as these often go high resistance through corrosion!

4father said:

You have checked the battery/earth connection as these often go high resistance through corrosion!

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good point, they do pop off too cos it happened to me!!! 4.5 hrs to get car running again!!! that was whe i was a bit green!!!

i have learned alot in the 15 months i have been on here!!! and the 2 years i have owned the lump!!:doh::doh:

Hi guys. Thanks for all the tips, it turned out to be a coroded / loose battery terminal However a knock on fault is that the old dear won't lock remotely (via the key fob). I can lock via the key in the door and everything else seems to function ok. Have followed the handset transmitter resynchronisation as "RAve" suggests to no avail.

Any further ideas short of disconnecting and reconnecting the battery..................

Coupla points: before disconnecting battery or changing batteries in key make sure you know your EKA code. Hopefully you won`t need it but Sod`s Law rules! If there`s corrosion or dirty contacts on door lock the system won`t recognise when the key turns in the lock. Door card off `n` clean it up. Hope this helps.

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