Flat battery in 159

[JimB]

Hi All,
        My 159 JTS ti 6 spd was last driven on April 5. It always starts first time every time. Today its new battery, fitted by the RAA in January, was completely flat, not a flicker! I've now started it and have the charger connected.
No obvious cause was apparent. I will speak to the supplier.
Please let me know if anyone else has experienced a similar situation with a 159?  Jim

[alfamisa]

Hi All,
        My 159 JTS ti 6 spd was last driven on April 5. It always starts first time every time. Today its new battery, fitted by the RAA in January, was completely flat, not a flicker! I've now started it and have the charger connected.
No obvious cause was apparent. I will speak to the supplier.
Please let me know if anyone else has experienced a similar situation with a 159?  Jim

I see you were waiting for an answer, a bit like pushing sh#t uphill here I'm afraid. You are better off getting a sparky to look at it but first look for a solution from here;
https://www.alfaowner.com/threads/159-parasitic-electric-drain-on-battery.1080929/
https://www.alfaowner.com/threads/159-battery-parasitic-drain-on-any-load.1199833/
PS  Alfaowner.com is a far better forum to search for Alfa issues because of the sheer number of cars in UK.
Failing these two just do a search and there are other posts.

[JimB]

Thanks Alfamisa. Will do. Jim

[GTV6SA]

Are you only doing short trips, if so may not be long enough to charge battery, when I only do short trips or infrequent use ,I leave the smart charger connected to avoid battery drain as I also have a blackvue dash cam which operates continuously even in park mode. Otherwise have alternator checked, I had one replaced ,common fault I believe and also did water pump at the same time!