Do a little research on batteries and temperature. Powersports batteries are the worst. I keep a tender on my MC and don't even take the battery out the bike anymore. Sits in freezing conditions for a couple of months and restarts. No tender equals a new battery every 3 years or less. My Triumph currently has a 6 year old battery is great condition because it always sits on a tender. Will replace this year just due to age because it is a beast to pushstart . I would treat rarely driven newer cars the same. Tender just prevents battery problems and is money well spent.

I have let my Giulia sit for up to 3 weeks while traveling - no issues.

 

It is unclear how many of the battery dead problems are caused by accidental discharge (i.e. hitting a bug in the electronics power down code) and how many are caused by a bad battery.

It is also unclear how many bad batteries are caused by excessive discharge of the OEM battery while the car sits on the dealer lot, unmaintained.

Fully discharging a lead-acid battery (especially a starter battery) is not good for it. Even so, if you can get a proper battery tester and use that to evaluate the battery it seems like a reasonably trustworthy way to tell if the battery needs to be replaced. A simple voltage across the open circuit battery test is not sufficient.

 

The mechanic at my dealership diagnosed this battery problem about 1 1/2 years ago. He said the OEM batteries did not have "born" date on them and there was no way to even check to see how long the batteries were on the shelves before being installed. It is quite easy to have the battery checked and if that's the problem and it's under warranty it is a free replacement, if not it's worth the money to change it out.

 

Do this:

1. start the car, in park, turn the wheel all the left and right two times pausing 2 seconds at each full stop
2. return the wheel to the center position.
2. drive a few hundred yards

This clears the issue for me (twice). It's likely a battery issue.

The steering wheel thing is actually covered in the owners manual, although it's far from obvious or something you'd expect.

 

Don't mean to be an alarmist but this seems to be a recurring issue. I've read a lot of people having a similar issue. Imagine this issue in the middle of winter on a desolate road. The consequences could be very dire. It should be a recall.

 

@Alfa Philly @wingler @TrypleX Battery is the culprit, when I tried to start my car today I saw the warning Low Battery at first, but luckily turn signal lights work, so I will take it to auto zone and charge my battery, is that okay to recharge the battery or do you guys recommend changing to a new battery?

 

I wouldn’t even waste my time trying to charge it. I’m not saying I’m rich but if spending $2-300 for peace of mind just seems easy to me. You could charge it today and have same issue next week and be stranded. Get an interstate battery. They have 36 month warranty.

 

Had the same problem one week ago. My battery was the issue. Got every error message that’s possible (didn’t know it had so many sensors haha). Installed a new battery and the problem was solved. Mine also seemed to reboot or some kind when I pressed the start button for the second time.

 

There’s always the ever popular weak/bad battery issue. You have a battery charger/maintainer?

 

No I don't have one, I think I will have the battery checked somehow, hope that's the issue. Thank you for your feedback

 

So is the gas gauge accurate? Because remote start will not work with gas light on. If that’s not issue I would check battery connections and battery.

 

Yes it is accurate, I just had my fuel tank filled 2 days back. I will check the battery. Thank you for your feedback