Intermittent Battery Light

[pesty]

Originally Posted by Not_Holden_ON

Familiar story. I ignored my battery light for about a week - until it come on permanently. The car shut down in stages, air con first, radio etc until it died on the side of the road, ironically on the way to Chrysler to get it looked at.

Thats exaclty how mine died. I noticed it getting warm, radio went, ABS warning lights came on. Died completely

Will phone chrysler tomorrow and see if they can help as a bit of good will. Not holding my breath.

Not good about having to move the engine. Not a DIY job then

[UK CHRYSLER 300C]

Originally Posted by pesty

No a local place that has always been ok.

Was hoping to get down to stafford but was not working in that area for a month or so and i didn't want to run over the miles for the service.

whereabouts in Stafford mate?,you could have let me have a look

[pesty]

Originally Posted by UK CHRYSLER 300C

whereabouts in Stafford mate?,you could have let me have a look

Sorry didn't explain very well.


I'm 100 miles away from stafford but I work there from time to time. Was planning on dropping it in and going to work then picking it up again and going home. I did PM you a while ago

But I had no need to go to the customer at the time.

I'll see what Chrysler say if they wont do anything for good will I'll get in touch. Might be a bit far to get to though with no alternator.

[talldave]

Originally Posted by pesty

43k miles or so. Interesting that its juts below the oil filler.

it was serviced last week.


how do I get to the hiden volt meter?

If it's just been serviced and the alternator's died from oil contamination and you don't have a splash shield fitted, I would say the servicing dealer should be contributing to the repair cost.

Too much of a coincidence!

[Simon@thecustom300cshop]

I would expect it to be replaced foc as its not long out of warranty, if it has fcsh they would have had plenty of opportunities to fit a splash shield as per the tsb http://www.wkjeeps.com/misc/LX/TSB_3...0900308_LE.pdf

[UK CHRYSLER 300C]

I remember checking Dee's oil leak on her CRuD and it was down to the last person that changed the oil filter.....they didn't replace the "O" ring for a new one and it was all flattened,I replaced it and the leak stopped,we get a lot of that were they haven't been bothered to change the "O" ring,Volvo diesel fuel filters are another,we had a Renault diesel in last week,symptoms kept cutting out when flooring it and taking a couple of goes to start,checked the "O" ring and guess what?? yep,crimped and flattened,changed it and no problems in the last week....looks like I got a new customer....lol

[pesty]

Originally Posted by Simon@thecustom300cshop

I would expect it to be replaced foc as its not long out of warranty, if it has fcsh they would have had plenty of opportunities to fit a splash shield as per the tsb http://www.wkjeeps.com/misc/LX/TSB_3...0900308_LE.pdf

Thanks very useful ill take a picture to see if this is fitted.

Chrysler basically said if its out or warranty its out of warranty but they could try a good will claim which might contribute.

However they would need the car to diagnose it themselves and then apply which might take a week or longer and then there is no guarantee.

[pesty]

Right,

Just tried it myself with My DVM

Car engine off reading across battery terminals 12.7V which has been on a conditioner and fully charged.

Car running getting various readings this is obviously an intermittent fault

At idle I am getting 15V/14.5V ish occasionally dropping to 12.0 V thats when the bong happens and battery light comes on dash. A quick rev makes it go away again

[pesty]

This is as good a picture I can get at the moment. It looks and feels clean to me. I can't see evidence myself of an oil spill on it. Perhaps too clean?

Can't see any kind of splash guard which I assume would be above it.



There are two pipes over it which do look very contaminated. these appear to be fuel lines. The fuel filter was also changed.

[pesty]

Tracing the messy pipes up I found this