This is the story.
Over a year ago I left my car unused for quite a while. The battery was dead when I came to start it and so needed to jump it. Since then it has always started first time every time however if it's not driven for 2 or 3 days it often seems as if it's struggling a bit to get the power to start. It very often re-sets the trip counter when starting and sometimes even turns the hazards on.
Now yesterday I did a longish run. About 60 miles either way. However when setting off in the return leg, I noticed the SERV light had come on, but I just put it down to a loose airbag connector. Anyway I stopped halfway back for petrol and low and behold it wouldn't start again. Just ticking, not even struggling to start. After asking a few people I managed to get a bloke in a type R to give me a jump (lol the shame!) anyway that started it first time and I drove the rest of the way home. It now wont start again today without being jumped.
So it's not even starting when it's had a decent run to charge. I think the battery is just completely goosed, but I thought I'd check here about the possibility of an alternator problem aswell. What do you reckon?
Edit: it has to be jumped. Bump start wont work.
Also i imagine this is probably unrelated but, I'm getting some running issues aswell, e.g. feeling sluggish and occasionally really big flat spots in places there hasn't been flat spots before.
Over a year ago I left my car unused for quite a while. The battery was dead when I came to start it and so needed to jump it. Since then it has always started first time every time however if it's not driven for 2 or 3 days it often seems as if it's struggling a bit to get the power to start. It very often re-sets the trip counter when starting and sometimes even turns the hazards on.
Now yesterday I did a longish run. About 60 miles either way. However when setting off in the return leg, I noticed the SERV light had come on, but I just put it down to a loose airbag connector. Anyway I stopped halfway back for petrol and low and behold it wouldn't start again. Just ticking, not even struggling to start. After asking a few people I managed to get a bloke in a type R to give me a jump (lol the shame!) anyway that started it first time and I drove the rest of the way home. It now wont start again today without being jumped.
So it's not even starting when it's had a decent run to charge. I think the battery is just completely goosed, but I thought I'd check here about the possibility of an alternator problem aswell. What do you reckon?
Edit: it has to be jumped. Bump start wont work.
Also i imagine this is probably unrelated but, I'm getting some running issues aswell, e.g. feeling sluggish and occasionally really big flat spots in places there hasn't been flat spots before.
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I ended up having to get another 172 interior, came with the right engine this time though 
