Climbing aboard a couple of days ago, everything seemed as normal until I came to start the motor, There was the familiar woodpecker sound of a lowly energised starter motor, flashing warning panel lights everywhere and the sports chrono dial whizzing around uncontrollably - all rather alarming really! [
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A couple of days earlier I had parked the GTS up, but instead of leaving it in Park the lever was in Neutral. No idea why - it's the first time I have ever done this - must have been a senior moment. [] I thought I had locked up too, but clearly I hadn't as I don't think you can lock the car when it's left in Neutral. Presumably the running lights must have remained on as well so this was the reason for the flat battery. Oh mea culpa! []
Luckily, there was just sufficient current left to illuminate one light on my Ctek, so although the battery was very low, it was recoverable and an hour or so later, sufficient juice had been absorbed to light up to row 4 on the charger and successfully fire up the Macan. The journey I undertook was a short one and certainly not enough to restore the full charge so I resolve to reconnect it upon my return.
Left then for a couple of days, I pleased to see upon my return a full compliment of 8 lights shining away on the Ctek indicating a fully charged battery. Sure enough the motor sprang into life immediately as if nothing had happened and all was well or so I thought until I was on the road and noted the dreaded CEL (Check Engine Light) has not been extinguished and there was warning message on the RH sub panel telling me an engine component was faulty.
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The Dreaded CEL
These lights generally have 2 modes - yellow is an advisory and red is a warning. The yellow together with the appropriate messaging indicates it is usually OK to continue driving but something needs attention. A red on the other hand, means you need to stop asap as damage may result. This is usually involves a trailered recovery to PC. I thought if I ran the car up the road and selected all the engine modes in turn, it might clear things up but nothing doing. So I resolved to contact my PC to book it in for the near future.
By this time the car needed a clean, so it was out with the kit and a rinse off, which involved a quick run up the road to dry it off. My GTS must have been grateful for the attention because lo and behold, the light finally extinguished itself during this brief interlude and so far the problem has not returned.
I'll ask my Centre to check it out and clear any fault code history when next there, but in the meantime, if your battery runs low and you get a CEL don't be in too much of rush to have it seen to as it may resolve itself after just a short while! []
Regards,
Clive
]A couple of days earlier I had parked the GTS up, but instead of leaving it in Park the lever was in Neutral. No idea why - it's the first time I have ever done this - must have been a senior moment. [
] I thought I had locked up too, but clearly I hadn't as I don't think you can lock the car when it's left in Neutral. Presumably the running lights must have remained on as well so this was the reason for the flat battery. Oh mea culpa! []Luckily, there was just sufficient current left to illuminate one light on my Ctek, so although the battery was very low, it was recoverable and an hour or so later, sufficient juice had been absorbed to light up to row 4 on the charger and successfully fire up the Macan. The journey I undertook was a short one and certainly not enough to restore the full charge so I resolve to reconnect it upon my return.
Left then for a couple of days, I pleased to see upon my return a full compliment of 8 lights shining away on the Ctek indicating a fully charged battery. Sure enough the motor sprang into life immediately as if nothing had happened and all was well or so I thought until I was on the road and noted the dreaded CEL (Check Engine Light) has not been extinguished and there was warning message on the RH sub panel telling me an engine component was faulty.
The Dreaded CEL These lights generally have 2 modes - yellow is an advisory and red is a warning. The yellow together with the appropriate messaging indicates it is usually OK to continue driving but something needs attention. A red on the other hand, means you need to stop asap as damage may result. This is usually involves a trailered recovery to PC. I thought if I ran the car up the road and selected all the engine modes in turn, it might clear things up but nothing doing. So I resolved to contact my PC to book it in for the near future.
By this time the car needed a clean, so it was out with the kit and a rinse off, which involved a quick run up the road to dry it off. My GTS must have been grateful for the attention because lo and behold, the light finally extinguished itself during this brief interlude and so far the problem has not returned.
I'll ask my Centre to check it out and clear any fault code history when next there, but in the meantime, if your battery runs low and you get a CEL don't be in too much of rush to have it seen to as it may resolve itself after just a short while! [
]Regards,
Clive
