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Old Mar 10, 2023 | 03:32 PM
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Red Battery Light On Dash - Hello, Goodbye. So Strange

Last night the demonic battery warning come on with the dash lighted up in you're going to hell red.

And I thought it was only a monochrome screen all this time.

Anyway, I was on nearly empty. I went to fill up and since then it has not come back on. There's 145K miles on the car.

Pretty strange. It's light rain here. I presume the alternator is on the way out. It's coming up on 1 year of a new battery.

I'm trying to find a bluetooth OB2 reader. Will update when I pull the code.

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Old Mar 10, 2023 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Nicholi2007
Last night the demonic battery warning come on with the dash lighted up in you're going to hell red.

And I thought it was only a monochrome screen all this time.

Anyway, I was on nearly empty. I went to fill up and since then it has not come back on. There's 145K miles on the car.

Pretty strange. It's light rain here. I presume the alternator is on the way out. It's coming up on 1 year of a new battery.

I'm trying to find a bluetooth OB2 reader. Will update when I pull the code.

A quick test is to put your voltmeter across the battery terminals. Anything less than about 12.8VDC and there is an issue with the charging system (alternator or wiring between alternator and battery).
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A quick test is to put your voltmeter across the battery terminals. Anything less than about 12.8VDC and there is an issue with the charging system (alternator or wiring between alternator and battery).
I don't have that unfortunately. I was able to access some info using the engineering menu

I still don't the battery warning on startup. Must be a ground or short issue..


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I also found these errors. Might be left over from old battery. I will clear them and see if they come back. Probably related to the command itself...


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