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New driver : Tracker
Last year we had a tracker put on our car with the insurance.
The renewal came around & we cancelled which remotely disconnected the tracker.
Since having the tracker we have been having battery issues which it's not holding the charge. We've though of all the possible ways & believe it's the tracker that is continuing to drain the battery.
Because the tracker is remotely disconnected & not under insurance needing the tracker are we able to remove it our selves ?
The renewal came around & we cancelled which remotely disconnected the tracker.
Since having the tracker we have been having battery issues which it's not holding the charge. We've though of all the possible ways & believe it's the tracker that is continuing to drain the battery.
Because the tracker is remotely disconnected & not under insurance needing the tracker are we able to remove it our selves ?
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Yes you are it's your car.
Try and avoid any damage to it incase they as for it back.0 -
If I removed it. Would I cause any damage to stop the car from running ?0
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Can you locate it? Maybe it has it's own fuse you can remove.0
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Yes it's under the glove box.0
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How have you tested battery drain?
Some cars you have to wait a few minutes with everything shut before they go into sleep and you get a true reading.
I had to test a car I had from 2001 which did this.0 -
I managed to find the fuse to it & have disconnected the fuse.
Time will tell after we re charge the battery. Update tomorrow morning lol
Sometimes though it can last a few days until it drains it depending on how long the charge was0 -
Maybe the cold has found out a tired old battery?
Any idea how old it is?
But as you say, see how it goes first now it's disconnected
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JustinR1979 wrote: »How have you tested battery drain?
Some cars you have to wait a few minutes with everything shut before they go into sleep and you get a true reading.
I had to test a car I had from 2001 which did this.
This is the only thing we can think that's doing it.
Can you test this at home yourself ?
We're trying to solve minor things before MOT0 -
JustinR1979 wrote: »Maybe the cold has found out a tired old battery?
Any idea how old it is?
But as you say, see how it goes first now it's disconnected
Would be a good guess but was doing it throughout the summer also. We just had to get up earlier and charge it.0
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