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Originally Posted by DougalXR6
I have had the same thing happen with my Trend once in the 20 months I have owned it. I had to call the NRMA to start the car and they were unable to find any reason for the battery to go flat.
I suspect what may have happened was I knocked the blinker stalk as I got out of the car and did not notice. You may not be aware that with the Mondeo you are able to turn on the parking lights on one side of the car if you leave the blinker stalk in the on position. There is a soft and short beep sound when activated however, it is easy to miss if you aren't aware of the feature.
Now I am aware of this feature I notice if I activate it by accident when leaving the car. I have not had the battery go flat again since that first time a year ago.
The car was unused in the garage for five weeks while I was overseas and still started when I returned like I had only been away for one day.
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My 1995 Golf had the same feature so it's not exactly new, maybe only European or german cars had this as standard?