Scottyc
24th May 2013, 02:38 PM
Hi all,
A bit of a weird question from me, here's the scenario: I left my 4.8 auto with the valet at the airport as I had a week long trip overseas. when I picked the car up, the valet advised they had been unable to start the car after I dropped it off, had jumped it and parked it where it was when I collected. Prior to that, it had been 100%, battery was new in October last year.
I of course, needed a jump start when I left the airport. Immediately, I noticed the gear shifts were REALLY harsh - a very solid shunt when shifting up or down in all gears unless the car was coasting (not accelerating or engine braking).
The battery is completely dead - showing 0 volts on the multimeter and expected to be replaced under warranty so the trip was running on the alternator alone - I was able to use the semi-auto to keep it in 3rd to get it somewhere I could leave it until I could sort the battery which will need to be this weekend but hoping someone might have seen this before and can tell me it is the battery and that I wont be spending my day tomorrow trying to organise towing/transmission mechanics etc....
A bit of a weird question from me, here's the scenario: I left my 4.8 auto with the valet at the airport as I had a week long trip overseas. when I picked the car up, the valet advised they had been unable to start the car after I dropped it off, had jumped it and parked it where it was when I collected. Prior to that, it had been 100%, battery was new in October last year.
I of course, needed a jump start when I left the airport. Immediately, I noticed the gear shifts were REALLY harsh - a very solid shunt when shifting up or down in all gears unless the car was coasting (not accelerating or engine braking).
The battery is completely dead - showing 0 volts on the multimeter and expected to be replaced under warranty so the trip was running on the alternator alone - I was able to use the semi-auto to keep it in 3rd to get it somewhere I could leave it until I could sort the battery which will need to be this weekend but hoping someone might have seen this before and can tell me it is the battery and that I wont be spending my day tomorrow trying to organise towing/transmission mechanics etc....