This is quite embarrassing to relate, but it may save someone suffering the same problem.
Yesterday, I went out to the car (2000 Mondeo) and unlocked it by the driver's door. Opened the rear hatch, dropped something in, closed hatch. When I attempted to start it, it fired momentarily, then refused several attempts to start.
Spent about 30 minutes checking under the bonnet, checking the fuel cutoff hadn't tripped (I noticed the absence of pump noise when switching on ignition). Just on the point of phoning for a taxi when the brainwave arrived.
Went out and 'double - locked' it (usually just normal lock), unlocked it, and it started as normal. Don't know what upset it, but that might ring some bells with you one day with similar sysmptoms.
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If it's like my Megane you get no more than 30 seconds after unlocking the doors to start the engine. If you don't the symptoms are exactly the same, i.e. immobiliser in effect. Sounds as if your immobiliser is working just as it should. When this happens to me, I have to activate central locking from inside, immediately unlock it again then it will start.
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Just after I bought my current Almera, I took daughter and SIL to the shops. SIL had a hangover from previous night and wanted to sleep it off while we went shopping. I plip locked the car.
SIL woke up, and couldn't get out! All electric windows - dead locking (?).
Thankfully the sun wasn't shining, his bladder held the strain and the car didn't catch fire (although the last two would have been mutually compatible).
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