Red battery warning light on

Moulari

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Hello
My car is an SL 350 2009 facelift
I really need your help
I switched on the engine last week with a red warning light with a battery inside “no other messages like visit worksop “
Though was a bad battery so I charge them both with a ctek 5.0 and connect them back the right way ( starter first and then boot battery last.
Switch on the engine and Red light pop up!!!
Next step is to check alternator
I check volt on start battery and when engine is off is 13.3volt and goes up to 14.3 when engine runs so alternator I think is working properly
I scan for codes with a cheap obd2 but no codes comes up
Anyone have the same problem or can give me an advice what to check next ??
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Bad earth maybe. Are battery terminal connections clean etc

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Hello
My car is an SL 350 2009 facelift
I really need your help
I switched on the engine last week with a red warning light with a battery inside “no other messages like visit worksop “
Though was a bad battery so I charge them both with a ctek 5.0 and connect them back the right way ( starter first and then boot battery last.
Switch on the engine and Red light pop up!!!
Next step is to check alternator
I check volt on start battery and when engine is off is 13.3volt and goes up to 14.3 when engine runs so alternator I think is working properly
I scan for codes with a cheap obd2 but no codes comes up
Anyone have the same problem or can give me an advice what to check next ??
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What setting did you charge it on for battery? (On the CTEK MXS 5.0)
 

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I would disconnect the battery for half an hour & try again. Does the car start?
 
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I would disconnect the battery for half an hour & try again. Does the car start?
Everything works fine just a warning light tat is on
 

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Everything works fine just a warning light tat is on
Sorry should have read it more carefully, I think I would continue to drive it & see what happens next.
The only other option is to pay & have it put on Star.
 

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Did you charge the front or the rear battery ? You are only supposed to charge the rear.

How old is the battery ? It should be an MB AGM one. The date codes are on the terminals. It could be new battery time.
 

John Laidlaw

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At the end of the day you can’t give condition to an expired battery...
£200? Why flog it !
 

John Laidlaw

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Battery is healthy and one year old
Apologies, I got your post mixed with another one on the same subject! Old age I guess....the other poster's battery was 6 years old hence the comment :rolleyes:
 

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