Hi Rob,

Thanks for the response.

The car is 4 years old, it had 12k miles on the clock and I've done 2k in the 6 months I owned it. I paid £5k for it.

The ignition switch and starter motor keep blowing, occasionially the hand break light flashes and it emittes a loud beep, occasionially the ABS light flashes (sometimes at the same time as the hand break light for added fun), occasionially the power steering doesn't engage when I start it up and the power steering light flashes, and occasionially the air bag light comes on. As a bonus last night I hit the button to wind down the electric window and it there was a loud beep and the engin cut out! Luckily it was as we were driving through out flat's gates, so no one was behind me. We had to push start it to get it parked up.

When plugged into the diagnostic computer, it shows no faults.

The ignition switch and starter motor have been replaced twice now. It's had a new fly wheel, clutch and gear box. The dealer said they fixed the earth wire that "was damaged during the stereo install" but when I took it back to the guys who did the stereo install, they couldn't see any evidence of that.

At a guess it's some kind of electrical fault, the fault lights happen more when it's damp or been raining so possibly water is getting in somewhere. But it's just all speculation unfortunately.