settle an argument!!

[dhorsfall2000]

hi, my nana has a 02 plate vaux corsa auto and the battery has gone flat, i told them to take it off and charge it but my brother reckons you cant take it off or it will bugger the elecrtics/gearbox, ive never heard off this, is it true?

[SoundillusioN]

hi, my nana has a 02 plate vaux corsa auto and the battery has gone flat, i told them to take it off and charge it but my brother reckons you cant take it off or it will bugger the elecrtics/gearbox, ive never heard off this, is it true?

What a load of tosh... Just make sure you have the code for the stereo if it requires one.  other than it's fine to take a battery off.

[Khare]

So what he's saying is that every time the battery has to be changed, the electrics and the gearbox have to be changed/repaired? 

[Len]

Vauxhall do tell you not to jumpstart or charge the battery in the car!

[dhorsfall2000]

hi, my nana has a 02 plate vaux corsa auto and the battery has gone flat, i told them to take it off and charge it but my brother reckons you cant take it off or it will bugger the elecrtics/gearbox, ive never heard off this, is it true?

What a load of tosh... Just make sure you have the code for the stereo if it requires one.  other than it's fine to take a battery off.

cheers, thats what i thought

[justalex81]

that goes for any POS vauxhall, citroen,fiat peugeot etc.

[VR6_Wherry]

Vauxhall do tell you not to jumpstart or charge the battery in the car!

Pretty much this!

If you take the battery off and charge, then fine. If you jump start it then that could cause issues..

[Kerrse]

Vauxhall do tell you not to jumpstart or charge the battery in the car!

Be interesting trying to jump start it with the battery out of the car  

[justalex81]

on my peugeot expert van the battery went flat i charged it up still in the vehicle went to start it and it blew the ecu up. will never buy french again. this was when i was about to sell it for a good price and i lost the sale. i'm about £1500 down because of it

[SoundillusioN]

To safely charge a battery in situe, I would simply remove the positive lead for the car first.

Stories of blowing stuff up when jumping are usually the result of bad lead positioning.  You shouldn't really connect both batteries directly together.  The safer way to do it is Positive to Positive, and the negative from the supply car should be connected to the body of the flat car, not the battery.