Flat Battery

[Dusty1]

My partner took the Mondeo to check the mail, with our 15 month old daughter.
Gets out, all good, gets mail from PO Box and back into car. Doesn't start.
Turns it off, turns it on, still doesn't start.
Calls me, I tell her to do a global lock and then global unlock to see if that does it, it doesn't. I start to walk there, and advise her to call Ford Assistance. She does.
They turn up, and can't get the immobiliser off. Also advises that the battery is flat, and that we need a new one. He can't get the immobiliser off, so calls the RACV battery van to come and put a new battery in.
I call local Ford dealer, and the service person says, 'it's going to need to be towed here as the immobiliser has kicked in'. Yeah right, I think.
RACV battery van comes. They can't get the battery out of the engine bay. They poke and prod, but can't get it out. Out comes the 12 inch flat head screw driver for some extra help - 'I don't want you using that' I say, so they don't.
They say 'you need a tow' and sit in the van. They start to drive off, I ask them what's going on, and they tell me the tow truck will be here soon.
I take my daughter off home, and my partner decides to stay with the car.
Tray truck comes, Mondeo on back to local Ford dealer.
That was on Thursday at 0930, I had to take the spare keys to them to get them reprogrammed, and I got the car back on Friday at 1700.

And it cost me nearly $400 for the new battery and labour. Just what you need the week before Christmas.

I'd be advising anyone with a 2007 early 2008 model to get the battery looked to see if it needs to be replaced when you can.