Start Issues With Warning

[Guest morden8uk]

Hello All,

 

Newbie here!! :)

 

I have a 2.3 petrol Manual (2000) Galaxy. Just had a major service done with Ford parts in a non ford garage (Saturday)... when to start the car yesterday morning and had this problem.

 

From cold. turned ignition and the starter motor turned & turned with now fire-up!. switched of ignition, then switched back on and received 3 beeps from the dash!. switched of ignition again, switched back on and fired car up straight away - huh?.

 

The car fired up fine on 3 /4 trips made yesterday - no problem. Started the car from cold again today - same as yesterday?.

 

What can this be?. Any help please?.

 

Thanks

Rob

[Masked Marauder]

The beeps are probably a low battery warning, not really unexpected if the car has been sitting on a car lot for a while or if it was left with the ignition on when being serviced.

 

I would not worry unless it starts beeping again.

[Guest morden8uk]

Thanks for that. I'll invest in a new battery. I've had the car for 4 years (same battery) and the wife uses it for Childminding & school runs, so it never does much more than 4/5 miles a day!!... more miles on a weekend though + twice a year to Cornwall.

 

Thanks

Rob

[Guest morden8uk]

Is there any sort of info on how many beeps indicate what error available?.

[Andrew T]

I've had occasional problems with flat batteries but have never had any beeping, is yours a mark 1 or 2 Galaxy ?

 

Note that your battery should be of the Silver Calcium type compatable with the Smart Charging Sysytem fitted to later Galaxy models. They are not much expensive than Lead batteries, mine was