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[Clarence Romero Jr. (clyderomerof4]

Title: 296 GTB. died - New reply to watched thread

Read this on the 296

So where can you go?

You can’t take a trip with it

It has to be on a charger over night 

And no extension cord when charging WTF

So glad I didn’t get mine !

Clyde Romero

If you have no enemies

You have no character ! 

Scars are tattoos with better stories!

When you're out of F-4's you're out of fighters!

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From: "Clarence Romero Jr." <clyderomerof4 [at] gmail.com>
Date: September 7, 2024 at 9:02:31 PM EDT
To: Kent Goldy <kent_goldy [at] yahoo.com>
Subject: Fwd: 296 GTB. died - New reply to watched thread



Clyde Romero

If you have no enemies

You have no character ! 

Scars are tattoos with better stories!

When you're out of F-4's you're out of fighters!

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Date: September 7, 2024 at 4:38:26 PM EDT
To: Clyde Romero <clarenceromerojr [at] gmail.com>
Subject: 296 GTB. died - New reply to watched thread



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296 GTB. died

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isuk The low voltage battery and high voltage battery are connected in sequence from what I gather so there is no way to go into a limp type mode if there is a voltage issue on the low voltage battery. The charging cable supplies power through the low voltage battery and then on into the high voltage battery. If the low voltage battery drops below a certain voltage the system starts having problems and then shuts down to protect itself and the high voltage battery. You end up with a completely dead car as the low voltage battery controls all the usual systems - starting, dash display, central locking, windows, lights etc. The car requires to be locked whilst connected to the charger so if there is a failure you have to gain access using the emergency metal key. I strongly advised that nobody keeps this emergency key in their glovebox. Either carry it with you in a wallet or keep it in a safe place in your home. You must also not charge the car using an extension cable. It needs to be plugged direct into a mains supply. I was told the system is sensitive to any spikes in power delivery during charging. The MyFerrari app alerts you to the battery status and will send an audible alarm if it is not charging. I got rudely awakened at 3am one morning by the app as it sent me multiple alerts warning of various failures like the ones in the OP above. I thought it would be fine if I left it until I got up at 6:30am so muted my phone. I was wrong. By the time I went to check on the car it was totally dead and I needed to call Ferrari Assistance. It seems that the battery discharges itself very quickly. It was plugged in and on charge when this happened. I tried disconnecting the charger, moving it to another wall socket and restarting the charging process but the car wouldn't accept it. Ferrari sent out a recovery truck and the truck driver was relieved to hear that I had not kept the emergency key in the glovebox. He said I'd be amazed how many people do this. My car was one of the early ones so was fitted with the lithium ion battery and Ferrari instruct you not to jump start one of these batteries. I believe later cars have switched back to lead acid batteries from the factory with supply issues being cited as the reason for this change. The recovery driver had to put the gearbox into manual mode using the special tool in the car's tool bag and we then pushed it out of my garage and into a place where the truck winch could pull it onto the truck. The dealership couldn't find any issue using their diagnostics once it arrived with them and they and recharged it. The problem did not re-occur so I have to assume it was triggered by a power surge on my electricity supply or was a glitch. The concerning aspect was that the dealer could not fathom why it accepted a recharge using my charging cable in their workshop but wouldn't at my house that same morning. It charged correctly once the car was delivered back to me with no further issue. Dashboard was also dead ? I have same issue now, opened with emergency key but cant open bonnet to take charging cable and try to charge it.

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