Beeping When I Turn Ignition On

[Beyond Help?]

On the last few (cold) mornings my Alhambra TDi has been beeping when I turn the key on. Am I correct in thinking that this means the battery is being detected as having a low voltage?

 

The green indicator on the battery suggests it is fully charged, so I may have a cell collapsing if it is low voltage.

[gregers]

how cold has it been where you are,mine has been beeping to warn me its really cold(wow really sherlock).

[Beyond Help?]

Well mine has never done it before, even in minus 10 in the Cairngorms, so I don't think it is a frost warning.

[mumof4]

Are there any warning lights that come up on the dash? or do you hear just a beep.

[dipsomaniac]

if 5 beeps it is more than likely low battery voltage. replacing battery (

[Ex-Galaxy person]

Mine does this occasionally - when it does happen it's always on a cold morning. It's happened once in the last couple of weeks, and once or twice last winter.

 

I'd always assumed it was some kind of cold warning. I couldn't find anything in the manual - however, your experience of it not happening when it's been -10 seems to suggest it's some kind of battery warning - and we all know that cold weather finds the bad batteries anyway.

 

As mine is only occasional, I'm not going to worry about replacing my battery yet, but a regular occurance would make me do so.

 

Not sure if this helps!

 

Phillip

[alterego]

5 beeps - error message indicating faulty crankshaft position sensor output. Caused by low battery voltage or faulty sensor/wiring.

[SharanTDICarat]

What if it only beeps twice?

Mine done this the othher week & since then it is taking about 5-7 sec of cranking over before starting. On checking ttonight I have found the glow plugs are nort getting any power (the glow plugs have been replacedd about a month ago) Anyone any Ideas.

TAI

TAM

[SharanTDICarat]

I have been doing a bit more digging on this. Can anyone tell me where the pre glow relay & the temp sensor are located ( a picture would be good)

Thanks

TAM

[big_kev]

Hi Tam,

 

Nice flag !

 

Some info on this post http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.php?showtopic=13288

 

 

 

Regards

 

Kev

[SharanTDICarat]

Some info on this post http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.php?showtopic=13288

Regards

Kev

 

Thanks for the help. Tried disconnecting the temp sensor & the glow plugs are working ok, so I guess I need a new sensor. Anyone now how much for this sensor?

TAM