changing a battery?

myothercarisaferrari

sorry, the battery has died on me. I;ve bought a second hand one but I have no menly men around me to fit it and i can't get it to the garage....

why would the radio code come into it?!

Its a Peugeot 106 diesel

Lincoln_Imp

The radio code comes into it because when you disconnect the battery you are disconnecting the live feed to the radio as well ,if its a radio that has a security code built in you will need to enter that code once the new battery is fitted
But has been mentioned there is ways round that or yours might have a battery back up built in ?
Surely there must be someone near you on here that could do it for you ?

where abouts are you ?

myothercarisaferrari

not too fussed about the radio! x

I'm in Hampshire x

Wig

Yeah ok,

But my first course of action would be to charge the battery and then check the alternator is working. If the battery doesn't hold charge after being charged in the house, and the alternator is still working THEN I would change the battery not before.

myothercarisaferrari

cheers Wig. I have got a battery and alternator in case, but i will get the RAC dude to charge it first x

Hintza

Make sure doors are open or windows down and/or keys out of the ignition. It is embarassing when the new battery is connected and keys are in the ignitiona and all the doors lock......:)

Mark_Hewitt

myothercarisaferrari wrote: »

why would the radio code come into it?!

Its a Peugeot 106 diesel

It's a security measure. Thefts of radios from cars are very common, and having a code is a way of making it so that if the radio is removed from the car, hence it doesn't have any power to it, you have to put a code in to make it work again.

Thus denying thieves a market for their stolen goods as stolen radios will not work.

Many manufacturers have now gone down the route of having radios which physically cannot be removed from the car to combat this problem.

Lincoln_Imp

myothercarisaferrari wrote: »

I'm in Hampshire x

you need to alter your sig then ,unless Hampshire has been moved to the north east

DaveMacD

Hintza wrote: »

Make sure doors are open or windows down and/or keys out of the ignition. It is embarassing when the new battery is connected and keys are in the ignitiona and all the doors lock......:)

Sounds like the voice of experience talking there

basill

myothercarisaferrari wrote: »

radio code?!

think I will call the RAC man out....

You MIGHT not need it, my Vauxhall radio keeps its code for at least 10 minutes with the battery disconnected.

B