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So you connect the leads but don't try to turn mine on. Or turn my key part way or don't turn my key. Sorry to be dim?

Yes it is ! Hahaha

The handbook says don't start car with a completely dead battery!

Hi I have been looking online to try to determine what the joining fees are when you are in the breakdown scenario. It's not clear. The window is up now, not down, but handbook says it will go down when disconnecting the battery. It's not far to home at 30mph. I live in a flat with communal...

What a relief. I thought because the cheap jump leads were getting really hot that they fried my electrics attaching to the terminal with the black lead. Two blokes helped me who were getting petrol, but when these wires got hot they left in a hurry and they had to pick up their child relative...

Did your wife have shuddering and white smoke too.

The battery is so low now that the car does not do anything just click and to add insult to injury the cd changer drawers opened one by one, like I really need it to do that when the power is sooooo low that I am worried that the tailgate window won't go back up. Haven't the black jump leads...

What is a mod?

Thank you for the tag/help. It's auto so I thought you cannot tow an auto.

What is this likely to cost for new bat and alternator, joining, and will they make a meal out it. I can get easily flustered when trying to explain things. No garage open on Sunday. Can they fix all on one visit at a supermarket

Not a member.

Okay this is logical, but I was in a panic as I did not know what to do.

From what members are aging I need a new battery and an alternator are you near to Guildford or know someone who can help nearby. The window is not stuck open, not yet at least.

I had a fiesta before that had a bit of trouble as using car for short journeys repeatedly. I assumed the freelander just needed a spin like the old ford I had. I have injured my foot and so have not driven the car at the weekends recently so the battery would have had extra work and with...

In hindsight those lights for the low tyre were telling me something else wrong. I just thought it was the tyre. First gear to send was slow Thursday. The feel was no power type feel on the way to petrol station.

Thursday night it was jump leaded and I drove it up to the m25 and back about 30 mins at 60mph ish. Friday it started okay, but on way home from work the red bat light flickered so I picked up a friend and drove to petrol station to pump up front tyre and left engine running to take it for...

I have not got to number 3 yet. You are correct about 1 and2. One of the "helpers" put his foot on the accelerator to really intensify the shudder and white smoke. I had to tell him to take his foot off the pedal. Has this damaged the engine? No fuel injection working if batt was so low?

My concern is the battery is so flat the window won't get the power it needs to go back up then the car will be unsecured and not at home and not at garage. Ideally I need someone to diagnose the car THEN to make a decision based on this, and garages are shut Sunday's.

If someone is happy to help I am in Guildford. There was white smoke and shuddering.

Not able to fit the new battery myself. E13 640 varta 70 amp is currentLy fitted. Garages not open Sunday's.