Battery disconnection

crikey1000 · 12-28-2006, 06:14 PM

Hi, is there likely to be any problems if I disconnect battery for a length of time, while working on it, without using any memory backup etc..

Inky · 12-28-2006, 10:47 PM

I had the airbag light come on when I had a failing battery (gradually diminishing output over time). I don't know if you will have a similar problem if you fully disconnect it. My feeling is that you won't. Either way, unless it's something simple and safe, disconnect before starting the repair.

crikey1000 · 01-03-2007, 02:46 PM

left battery off for two days no problems at all when re-connected

Inky · 01-03-2007, 03:25 PM

Excellent. Thanks for the update. The airbag thing must be a fault registered due to low voltage rather than due to no voltage.

ekubec · 05-08-2007, 12:22 PM

Yeah dirty battery terminal can cause a low voltage and can cause air bag light to come on.

That happened to me a couple of springs ago, they cleaned terminal and it was good to go