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• Chrysler Grand Voyager - chrysler help 4 May 2012 (Forum)
  hi , can someone please help me , i have a 52 plate chrysler grand voyager , i charged the battery & when i went to put the battery back on , i accidently put the terminals on the wrong way round which caused a spark , since i've put it on the right way the central locking does not work , the immobiliser does not work , the car will start but when i turn it off the ignition lights stay on until i push the key back into the ignition , then my speedo clock & other clocks flash once & go off , could anybody help me fix the problem
• 51 plate Peugeot 307 2.0l HDI - non standard radio installation 21 Mar 2012 (Forum)
    I enquired about a after marked loom but I am told my radio should just plug straight in.  For now I have taken a wire from the central locking fuse ( just like from the battery) and the radio is permanently on so must be turned off to not drain the battery.
• Renault Clio 1.2 16v 2001 Y plate - Problem on startup 20 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Then for a few seconds the revs seem fine, but then proceed to go upto 2500rpm and will not move when i depress the accelerator. At this point the battery warning light comes on as well. The battery is less than 6months old. If i then restart the engine..it does exactly the same thing. Thanks for any advice.
• Astra 2000 1.4 petrol - Car wont bump start 20 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  It was not driven by anyone else or lights/electrics left on etc. I've had a quick search and it appears it could be something to do with the battery not being connected properly. I dont have any further details as she called me on the phone. Would using jump leads help in this situation - ie to find out if it is the battery terminals/connections?
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1996 1.9td ignition (electrical) 15 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Any advice please my car started fine until the other day, i turned on the ignition glow plug light went out tried to start it nothing at all there so i switched the ignition off then tried again but now i have no oil light, battery light, and no glow plug light, theres nothing there at all but my head lights and hazards lights work ok (very bright so not the battery) we have had alot of rain recently so wondering if water got in some were any help would be apreciated thanks
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1997 1.9 td randomly won't start 2 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  hi i have a 306 1.9td and about once every 5 days to a week it wont start. it will turn over for abit and then start to drain the battery. when it does this i jump start it off a mates car and it fires up fine and will be ok for another week starting ok. its happend i the mornings, evenings in the day etc. today it happened in the petrol station. i need to sort it out as its very annoying. someone said it could be the battery on its way out?
• Focus bulb change - not as hard as I thought. 16 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  The nearside dipped headlight bulb blew on the Focus yesterday. That's supposed to be the 'impossible' one because the battery is mounted behind it. Other forums talk of removing the lamp unit, which involves dropping the wheel arch liner because one of the fixing screws is hidden under it. I removed the battery cover which gives a bit more room and did the job in about 20 minutes.
• Mercedes Benz C-Class W202 (1993 - 2000) - 99 1.8 Cooling Fan 14 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Hi Please can you advise. C Class estate, 1999. I have had a flat battery. RAC have advised that this is due to an intermittent fault with the cooling fan coming on after the engine has been switched off. Removal of the relevant fuse prevents this happening and RAC guy advised to take this out when parked to prevent battery running down again.
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 99 1.4 petrol - electrical faults 25 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  i have a Peugeot 306 lx t-reg it starts ok. if it's running while parked or i'm reversing there is no problem but as soon as i drive forwards all the electrics go, the dials go up and down the led display goes haywire then the engine cuts out also now the central locking does'nt work either i tried the battery terminals they were fine, i cleaned the points on the earthwire, still no joy. it's now becoming a pain. could it be the battery itself. it does seem to die quite quickly if the car ain't running.
• vauxhall vectra - charging problem 8 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Hi not turning over, battery dead and would not recharge breakdown man says no charge from engine likely alternator battery light not on take to garage tell them the story and say selling soon so dont want to spend much i ring them later they have changed the alternator but it still wont start, need to fiddle with wiring I ask them whether there was actually a problem with the alternator they say 'well its in now' have not said anything else for now and am waiting for what they find any advice about my next move...clearly dont want to pay for unecessary replacement but may be diffcult to prove
• VW Sharan alternator 27 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Fortunately it's a company car and won't cost me anything to have it fixed. However, what puzzles me is that there was no indication from the dashboard lights that the battery wasn't charging. When the ignition was switched on a battery icon lit up but when the (diesel) engine started it went out. The first indications that anything was wrong was when the engine was a bit sluggish on the starter motor and the electric windows a bit slow winding up and down.
• Laying up car for 6 months 20 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  We have decided to keep my girlfriends old car and store it in a garage for 6 months for my brother to learn to drive in. Question is should I be doing anything special for this short space of time. WIll hook the battery up to a trickle charger and leave the handbrake off so hopefully no battery and brake issues when it is to be used again. Should I change the oil (was done recently) and maybe run it once a week for 10 minutes to keep the engine going or is this doing more harm than good?
• Espace '01 2.2dCi 'Imobiliser' 31 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  After 5mins of taking the keyin/out it works ! At lunch, 4pm or evening it's fine. Weird problem. Thought maybe a battery that charges from the ngine may be draining overnight ? I'm goin to replace the key fob batteries just in case. Any thoughts ???????? Nick
• Very slow starting Bedford Turbo lorry 5 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  B reg, SH suggests it has been cared for. It runs no more than once a week, sometimes less, and is very slow to start. It has a new 95Ah battery but that does not have enough reserve to run the starter for the time it takes, so I have an older but serviceable 110 Ah battery that I charge and connect using jump leads. With this set up I can always get it started, but after a very large number of turns.
• Corsa Single CD Radio (CAR 2005?) 26 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Son's Corsa ran its battery down a few weeks ago (away at university) He came back yesterday and the radio display is showing "Safe" Have tried the process in the book for putting code in (ignition on, radio off, press and hold A/S button) but nothing happens.
• 306 S16 1995 Plip locks 12 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Hi all, The plip on my 306 S16 1995 was slowly become more of a hassle to open the car.....you had to play with it on the windscreen...eventally it stopped working from the outside, but did when you were in the car. My thoughts....battery...right, replaced the batteries, now it will not work at all. I have tried to 're-program' but still no luck. I was just wondering if when these babies pack-up do they just die, or die slowly?
• escort diesel starting problems 28 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  just recently my 1995 escort diesel has become awkward at starting in the mornings. its not the battery that turns over fine. the car just seems to hang on the battery turning part for ages, doesnt want to cath .this morning after 3 long tries it finally started. when it does eventually start it sounds awful for a few seconds then becomes the trustworthy machine it always has been.
• Astra mk4 central locking 26 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  My mate has an sri astra mk4. Since the car battery went kaput recently, the central locking won't function, either remotely or via the door lock. He's tried various methods of re-sycning the key (if indeed that is the problem), which usually involves turning on ign lights and pressing button, with no effect.
• Petrol into Diesel Nissan Navarro 18 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  .********* On trying to restart the engine turns but battery is flat, so wont turn , i have emptied what i can from the various fuel lines but know some has managed to get in My question now is as I am sat in airport late of course and have 6 hours until next flight , what is chance on my return of starting motor if 1 i add more fuel ie diesel hehe and getting a jump on battery???
• ignition light - Vauxhall Astra 16 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  a few days ago my astra 1.4 l reg when i turned the key the ignition light was not lit, but the car started, i assumed i had a connection problem somewhere and i sprayed wd40 on the leads, battery connections, and its only since yesterday that the ignition light has lit up, my car has a standard immobilser and alsrm fitted, my question is what causes it, and is it serious, the car has no problem starting up it starts first time, i had a alternator replaced a year ago, if the alternator failed i would have had a flat battery any thoughts???