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• Golf IV Not Starting First Time Bleeping 29 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Can anyone help please: Golf IV 1.6 (8V) 1998 When trying to start from cold, engine turns very slowly and fails to start first time (or second, or third time) as if battery is rundown. Bleeping noise eminating from the rear of the car. Radio code and resetting of clock then required. Eventually car will start after trying a few more times, perhaps by giving the starter motor a rest for a few seconds.
• Won't start 10 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  I blowlamped the plugs before putting them back in, all fuses operate, all lights and horn operate, but the thing won't start. I just flatten the battery churning the starter motor, and the best I get is the occassional half -hearted backfire, more of a splutter. I'm at a loss as to how I could ride 50 miles, park it up and then be unable to start it again.
• Ford remote locking keys 29 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  I have a 1998 Ford Modeo Diesel that has remote locking using a push-button key..This suddenly packed in and I naturally thought that it was the batteries that wanted changing in the key..( as happened a couple of years ago ) ...which I have now done.Unfortunately it still doesn`t work. How can I prove whether it is the key or the car that is faulty?
• Astra - slow cranking 28 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  I have an Astra diesel estate with an Isuzu 1.7td engine.When it is running the engine is fine.The alternator and battery are new but I still have a slow cranking problem. Yesterday morning I ran it for approx 1 hour and left it for 2 hrs and it fired straight away. Yesterday afternoon I was moving some kitchen gear between houses and usually the period between stopping and restarting the engine was from 5 to 30 mins but each time it just cranked quite slowly before firing.
• good help wanted about a BX. (maybe DW can help) 16 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  my mother is selling her citroen bx, and i was wondering how much she should charge, its a 1987 E, 16TRS, metallic silver, 111,000 miles, some history, automatic, long tax and test, and has had in the past 6 months - rear spheres, new battery, alternator, HT leads, plugs, full service, ignition coil, starter motor, ignition lock, and in the past year has had tons more done (including the timing belt), the interior is in mint condition, very slight rust on one of the rear doors, but no other rust, she was thinking about £325, but put it up for £450.
• Breakdown cover 24 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Friday night my other-half's '96 Fiat Cinquecento wouldn't start on the way to work. Turned the ignition key and nothing happened. Lots of juice in the battery but the starter motor didn't want to know. Anyway I called out the AA and was very impressed with the service. I rang them at 19:15 and was told they would arrive by 20:00. Five minutes later I received a text message on my mobile stating they would arrive by 19:45, which is the exact time the guy turned up.
• Micra automatic 1.3 1998 - My Micra won't start; Please help !!!!! 8 Feb 2011 (Forum)
    When I try, it turns over no problem, but it just makes a sound as though it is about to start, but never makes it to starting. I have tried one of those boosters over the battery and this make no difference. I have tried it several time now without success.  Any ideas ?   I did blow the white stuff around a bit when I cleaned it off the battery with a wire brush (cleaned both + & - terminals), and was wondering if this could have blown on something, and if so, would it short anything out ?.
• nissan micra s auto 2001 - advice on what to get sorted? 23 Nov 2024 (Forum)
  It has showed it's s*** side a couple times whilst I've had it though; it broke down slap bang in the middle of the road from the old battery going bad, it also cut out being put from park to drive on a dual carriageway (pulling off from a layby) however sprang right back to life when i restarted it, still unexplained. Only once has it ever flashed its engine light at me and that was when I had kickdown engaged for a bit too long going uphill with extra load, it went into limp mode, I fiddled about with the battery and again she sprung back to life with no further complaints and this was about a month ago.
• Getting back into cycling with an ebike 28 May 2023 (Forum)
  I settled on an NCM Milano Plus because there was a very good discount on at the time and because it (the 'Plus' model) had a bigger than usual 16Ah battery. My thoughts being that when I cycled previously I had various routes I would follow up to 30-35 miles. And the thought of having a flat battery and having to get a 30kg bike back with no assistance wasn't too appealing (even though it would undoubtably be a good workout!).
• Vauxhall Corsa C - Corsa C won’t start first attempt, but will second 28 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  [url] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/661/7dGSJa.jpg [/url] EXHAUST WATER: While changing the oil and plugs I noticed quite a bit of water in the exhaust, seems to be okay now but it was parked on a slope at the time (front end up) to keep it out of the rain. ALTERNATOR/BATTERY: Tested Alternator/battery. 12+V engine off, around 14V engine on. Seem fine. TIMING BELT: Noisy but I’ve heard worse. FUEL PUMP PRIME: Read somewhere it could be to do with the fuel system and to try priming the pump before starting her up.
• Toyota Prius - Dealer Car Purchase Knowledge Is Power 25 Mar 2025 (Forum)
  This was purchased from a dealer for an added "security" peace of mind via credit card (consumer rights protection?) and their 3 month warranty on engine/mechanical and 6 months on the battery. Came with a reconditioned battery the day before (invoice to prove it). I went about looking for a car trying to avoid a lot of pitfalls that you hear and learn in life. I'm very mechanically inclined however the hybrid territory was new and a bit frightening to begin with.
• Honda CR-V CDTi - Crank, No Start 25 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  It’s not just one light that’s causing a no start, it’s all of them, so I’m currently ruling out things like a battery, fuel pump etc. the issue seems to be more of a “core” component. It's baffled me what might cause this, especially as its intermittent and the fact that turning the ignition off fixes it, but then causes the airbag light fault and always in that particular order.
• Ford Fiesta - EAC Fail 7 May 2020 (Forum)
  Error Message : Short to ground.\N{ }P1632 - Unknown fault. Error Message : .\N{ }P1794 - Battery voltage. Error Message : Outside specified range.\N{ }P2107 - Engine control unit (throttle valve monitoring). Error Message : Malfunction.\N{ }P0625 - Alternator charging voltage.
• Smart Roadster (2002 - 2006) - Recently purchased car has persistent fault 27 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  The car has the usual Smart semi-auto gearbox and what happened was this: the car cut out and the gear display on the dash went blank, followed by three parallel bars, indicating that no gear could be selected. Bah. Disconnected the battery for 5 minutes, and hey presto it's all working again. I drive it to the local Smart dealer, about a mile from my house. My reasoning is that they're local, they're specialists, they'll be able to fix it easily and if I try to do it through the car supermarket where it was bought, I'm in to a logistical nightmare, and in any case, they'll refuse to fix it gratis as we're two whole days outside their 30 day warranty.
• Mazda 5 - Mazda 5 DPF light reset success! 14 Apr 2013 (Forum)
    There is a youtube video of what I followed but its none English under resteo DPF mazda5   So I watched this and followed it, this is obviously a foreign car so battery is on the offside(drivers). I used this wire
• Dear diary I ran out of fuel today 4 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Next time I started up the engine management light blinked and went out. Sheer luck, I call it. As has happened before when I have disconnected the battery, it feels like I now have another 20bhp under my right foot before the computer gets used to my turgid driving style again. OK, thank you for listening, you can get back to your lives now.
• Volkswagen Polo III (2000 - 2002) - 00 1.0 Engine timing 20 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Ok here i go, I am a new driver and i know some stuff about cars but not everything, it all started with my car losing power at first , my first guess it was the battery, i checked it out at a garage and the guy said the battery is fine it might be my Alternator. After waiting around for some minutes i got bored and i thought that it might have something to do with my fuel tank, so i filled it up wid some Fuel Injection Fluid, Car was working fine after that.
• Galaxy gearbox ecu nightmare 16 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Is it possible they did receive gearbox ecu and fitted it to engine instead?????(dunno even what one looks like...)The ECU we wanted sits beside the battery and is removed by sliding the battery sideways...Are we talking about the same thing even...????please help, running out of options here and the 'customer service' has been terrible, just defensive and hostile - 'closing ranks' and just telling us it's our fault........................:0( :0(
• Peugeot 306 Electrics/lights problem! 10 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  This then got worse, they would switch on & off regulary on their own, and I was obviously ending up with a flat battery. Then I had no headlights (or tail lights) for about a week. Everything else worked fine including brake lights,indicators, reverse lights etc, I just had no Side/Dip or main beam & rear lights. I took it to my local garage, who could not find the fault, so I was restricted to driving in daylight hours only.
• Range Rover 1989 3.6L EFI light 11 May 2002 (Forum)
  It is a different computer to that used in the 1989 V-8 range Rovers anywhere else in the world due to the US Emission laws I think). My Guess is the the totally Flat Battery has done something to the computer as my gentle 24 hour recharge should have precluded any surge damage that a jump start might have caused. So before I resort to the Homer Simpson \"Fix\" of a patch of black electrical tape over the warning light...