Not Starting......

[Paulie]

I switched my engine off today, didnt get out of the car or take the keys out of the ignition so didnt activate the immobilisor, went to start it after about five mins and it wouldnt even turn over, just a click...... After about 5mins of trying i took the handbrake off to slightly roll down the hill i was on, then it fired up straight away. And about an 2hours later it did the same thing after i filled her up with petrol, rocking or rolling didnt make a difference this time, i just had to keep trying, it eventually fired up after a couple of mins....

Anyone got any idea whats knackered?

cheers.

 

[SBV116]

starter motor most likely!

 

[tidyclio]

Loose connection to the starter motor possibly?

 

[Paulie]

I thought it may have been the starter motor, will renault fix this under warranty? Not just fob me off saying there is no fault as it only happens every now and then.

 

[SBV116]

they should do, explain to them exactly what it did etc! they should just replace it!!

 

[Beef-Mc]

My car does this occasionaly, however I think it's more of an immobiliser problem. Not really sure though....

 

[Paulie]

how hard is it to get to the starter motor? will i need to be stripping parts off to gain access?

 

[SBV116]

to be honest mate off memory i cant remember without looking!! someone on here should be able to tell ya!

 

[Da]

It sounds like the ground connection to the starter motor. I had it once with my old 1.2 and the RAC man sorted it in 2 mins

 

[d4nn3h]

Mine has started doing this recently... seems to be getting really bad now though, going to check all the connections tonight, then if not ill have to think about trying a new starter motor

Its not the immobiliser on mine, because i can still bump start the car.

 

[Gary_B]

Mine does this sometimes, Check the battery connections, chech starter motor connections. Mine is usally the battery connection.

 

[tim124]

It sounds like the ground connection to the starter motor.

does the starter motor even have a ground connection?

 

[Ben.]

Mine has started doing this recently... seems to be getting really bad now though, going to check all the connections tonight, then if not ill have to think about trying a new starter motor

Its not the immobiliser on mine, because i can still bump start the car.

had the same problem with my 1.2, had it checked 2 weeks ago and turned out to be the crank sensor