Hi, my car now has a new problem! When I get in to start the car it does not even crank the engine. I can hear the fuel pumps doing their bits and the battery seems strong enough no fading light or fault codes. When I turn the key all I can hear is there is light whirring noise from under the gear lever. Is there a motor there that connect to the starter? Or is my key not recognised by the immobiliser? I starting to regret buying the thing as all I have been doing the last month that I've had it is visiting garages! And I got rust on the rear arches which I did not notice when checking over the car. I woul have presumed for such a prestigr car that would not be problem. It is a 2005/55 facelift Td6 vogue 60k, remapped.

sounds like the battery..you may have lights etc but not battery power to turn it over...

Yep, I would start at the battery.

Get a volt reading off the battery and see what state it's in.

Good luck.

mine did this yesturday id put all my money on your battery  "RANGEISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED"
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Hi guys it's happened again, so I called RAC. Guess what happens as soon as he arrives the thing fires up. Then we tried about 20 times and only 2/3 times it did not turn over. So it should not be the battery but a faulty part - lock barrel? Solenoid?

Hello, anybody have any ideas? I really don't want to go to the stealers!

Gearbox inhibitor switch?
Starter relay?

still reckon its the battery....how old is yours ,if over about 3 years then its time to change.. ... - .- -.




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scarey wrote:

still reckon its the battery....how old is yours ,if over about 3 years then its time to change..

ok then, in the words of homer, 'i dont know'. ... - .- -.




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Poor earth to the starter, knackered starter, broken wire, inhibitor switch on gearbox, blown fuse, there are so many things that could cause this problem and only by working through some of the more common faults will you be able to eventually find the cause

My money would be on a battery too, mine used to do it if the car had been standing for a week or so. 2006 Mercedes CLS
1991 Retro-style Mini
But really finding it hard to fight the urge for a S/C...

Mine does this occasionally, even though she starts fine after removing and re-inserting the key.

i had this problem too, it turned out to be a faulty module in the steering column 2002 td6 vogue, 06 supercharged facelift

Darrenmax, do you know what the module was?.