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An 'interesting' day in my 360

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PurpleHaze

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Well, an interesting day in my 360 today. Early this morning, my neighbour alerted me to the fact that the car was beeping continuously. Like a fairly high pitched sound once every second and not hugely loud, but certainly loud enough to be heard from 50 feet away.

So I investigated and found that the battery was pretty much out of juice, enough to show the dash lights, but nothing for starting other than a few clicks. So I called the dealer who didn't know what the beeping was (service were out of course as it's sunday), but said to recharge the battery or start the car with an auxiliary battery. It just so happens that I have a spare high powered battery in my garage, so I plugged it in and the car started fine. The car hadn't been sat without being used, I did 50 miles in it yesterday.

I then went on a roughly 50 mile round trip today and, within 10 minutes of starting my journey, had a call from TrakBak asking if my car had been stolen! I guess this happens when the battery runs dead/is disconnected. Everything with the car was fine and once I'd stopped the engine, it started again fine even after 5 hours of no use.

The reason for my post is that for some strange reason, the heater has now stopped working. Whatever I do with the temperature switch, it just blows cold air out. Could this be something to do with the battery resetting the system or a fuse blowing or something? It was definitely working a few days ago as I had the roof down and had some toasty air blowing onto my hands from the vents.

I also think I may have got flashed in a tunnel near Canary Wharf. Damn those exhaust valves, why do they have to make the engine sound so good?!
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Mallard said:
Rob, you had the AC turned on?
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Can't tell if that's sarcastic or not :laugh:, but I tried everything with both the 'Stop' button on and off, both dials on 'Auto', temp dial on practically every setting, every position on the fan direction dial - all cold. I had running warm air just days ago.

Anyone had this before?
 
Yes and its very often because the a/c is off hence the perfectly legitimate query above
 
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Mallard said:
Rob,
not sarcastic, just trying to help m8:thumbsup:
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No worries, I love a bit of sarcasm hence the smiley! :thumbsup:

I spoke to the dealer this morning who took me through the reset process. Apparently I have to recalibrate the heater - all because the battery died. Seems like the drain might be down to my driver's door mechanism. When I arm the alarm, sometimes the car door immediately unlocks again and I have to press the alarm fob again to unarm and then re-arm
the alarm. Doesn't happen every time but that's apparently what could have drained the battery. All good stuff!
 
PurpleHaze said:
No worries, I love a bit of sarcasm hence the smiley! :thumbsup:

I spoke to the dealer this morning who took me through the reset process. Apparently I have to recalibrate the heater - all because the battery died. Seems like the drain might be down to my driver's door mechanism. When I arm the alarm, sometimes the car door immediately unlocks again and I have to press the alarm fob again to unarm and then re-arm
the alarm. Doesn't happen every time but that's apparently what could have drained the battery. All good stuff!
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You wouldn't be kind enough to share the reset procedure? My heater hasn't worked for months, (without ac). After what you have just said it's obviously since the battery was changed! I just thought the heater didn't work without the ac on.

Cheers!
 
bmad said:
You wouldn't be kind enough to share the reset procedure? My heater hasn't worked for months, (without ac). After what you have just said it's obviously since the battery was changed! I just thought the heater didn't work without the ac on.

Cheers!
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The heater doesn't work without the ac on. Strange but true.
 
bmad said:
You wouldn't be kind enough to share the reset procedure? My heater hasn't worked for months, (without ac). After what you have just said it's obviously since the battery was changed! I just thought the heater didn't work without the ac on.

Cheers!
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Sure, I tried it today and it worked a treat:

With keys out

1) Turn battery kill switch to off position

2) Turn temperature knob to 'LO'

3) Turn battery kill switch to on position (leave for 5 mins)

4) Start car and allow it to warm to normal running temp (I left this for around 8 mins)

5) Turn temperature knob to 'HI'

6) Leave car running for further 5 mins

7) Turn temperature knob to 'LO'

That should be it. I'm not sure if you need step 7 as it doesn't really make sense, but mine is now working perfectly. Let us know if it works for you too.
 
PurpleHaze said:
Sure, I tried it today and it worked a treat:

With keys out

1) Turn battery kill switch to off position

2) Turn temperature knob to 'LO'

3) Turn battery kill switch to on position (leave for 5 mins)

4) Start car and allow it to warm to normal running temp (I left this for around 8 mins)

5) Turn temperature knob to 'HI'

6) Leave car running for further 5 mins

7) Turn temperature knob to 'LO'

That should be it. I'm not sure if you need step 7 as it doesn't really make sense, but mine is now working perfectly. Let us know if it works for you too.
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Unbelievable that they can make a heater so complicated. :shocked:
 
heater recalibration

Hello Purplehaze
Thanks for the post re setting up heater after flat battery.
I have only just bought 360 spider and heater was cool , I new car had a flat battery before collection so tried your post
Great heater now works.
May be worth posting your instructions under heater blowing cool or something which others will find
Really helpful post Thanks
Steve:grin:
 
Sorry about the thread revival but wanted to say thanks for this guide - had exactly this problem over the weekend and the reset worked perfectly! :thumbsup:
 
PurpleHaze said:
I also think I may have got flashed in a tunnel near Canary Wharf. Damn those exhaust valves, why do they have to make the engine sound so good?!
:thumbsup:
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Be extra-careful around there, the speed cameras all seem to be set to very low tolerances.

On the plus side, I have several friends who have been flashed in the Limehouse Link and not heard anything.

edit: Wow, didn't notice this was from 2011...
 
I think there should be a 'problems solved' section to the forum - common issues and related fixes. Easy to find for all.

I'm glad I found this thread as it's something useful for me too :thumbsup:
 
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