- 5,074
- Panama City, FL
Jaguar has eaten the battery. Slow cranking after work Friday, again on Saturday morning, and had to get a jump at the store on Saturday.
Pulled the battery, found my receipt, and used the Miata to take it to store from whence it came. They put their tester thingie on it, it says "Replace battery." Turns out they owe me a battery because it's just over two years into a 3-year replacement warranty, but they don't have it in stock at any of their nearby locations. Saturday crew couldn't tell me anything about getting it in stock, so some phone calls on Monday, I guess.
After I had the battery out, I couldn't even close and lock the car properly! Battery is in the trunk, which has a soft-close lid, so no power for that latch motor. Can't work the lock levers in the doors without power, and only one door even has a keyhole. Powered the car at the main fuse under the hood with a battery charger set to 10 amps, got it all closed up.
I have to have the battery by this weekend, traveling to Orlando to see my sweetie for a few days. I could use the Miata if I had to, but I left my two cats there when I was there a week ago, rather than traumatize them with imprisonment in the carriers for the 6-hour trips so close together, and packing the carriers in the passenger seat of the Miata would be troublesome, to say the least. (She has 5 cats and a bunny, so what's a couple extra?)
Pulled the battery, found my receipt, and used the Miata to take it to store from whence it came. They put their tester thingie on it, it says "Replace battery." Turns out they owe me a battery because it's just over two years into a 3-year replacement warranty, but they don't have it in stock at any of their nearby locations. Saturday crew couldn't tell me anything about getting it in stock, so some phone calls on Monday, I guess.
After I had the battery out, I couldn't even close and lock the car properly! Battery is in the trunk, which has a soft-close lid, so no power for that latch motor. Can't work the lock levers in the doors without power, and only one door even has a keyhole. Powered the car at the main fuse under the hood with a battery charger set to 10 amps, got it all closed up.
I have to have the battery by this weekend, traveling to Orlando to see my sweetie for a few days. I could use the Miata if I had to, but I left my two cats there when I was there a week ago, rather than traumatize them with imprisonment in the carriers for the 6-hour trips so close together, and packing the carriers in the passenger seat of the Miata would be troublesome, to say the least. (She has 5 cats and a bunny, so what's a couple extra?)
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