Battery charge warning light

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May 15, 2021 | 09:11 PM
  #1  
I have a brand new battery in my 06 s430. Ive been converting the suspension from airmatic to stutmasters coilovers. Its been 3 weeks since I was able to have time to get back to where I stored it and finish it and the battery was completely dead which is understandable being so long since I started it. Well I jumped it off after finishing the conversion. Drove around about a hr took it to car wash and all that. Well all of a sudden the red battery charge warning came up the command center turned itself off and the car went into limp mode. I was able to limp it to the shop I work at now parked it. By this time the dash was black I couldn't even turn on the hazards. I shut it off tried to turn it back on and off course nothing. I used to start it every weekend and let it run for 30 min never had a charge problem. Could it be now that I had it back on the street the alternator is now messed up maybe from jump starting it. Not sure it was weird it did fine the whole hour I was driving even turned it off at a store went in came back out restarted it no problem. The charge issue just happened while driving? Any suggestions would be appreciated
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May 16, 2021 | 01:35 AM
  #2  
Unlike other simple cars where you can just jump the car and let the alternator charge the battery , you can’t rely on the alternator to charge a fully dead w220 . You may have over stressed the alternator .

you need to use a dedicated battery charger to charge the battery to full charge , then test drive it
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May 16, 2021 | 08:12 AM
  #3  
As tusabes says, fully charge the battery. Before doing so, check the battery terminals for corrosion or looseness.

Check the battery voltage - should be at least 12.6 volts.
Start the engine, and check the battery voltage - should be at least 13.6 volts. If not, there is a problem with the alternator.
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