barno

Well finally managed to play around with it over the weekend and managed to make it fail. I checked the starter connections all was good and a feed direct from the starter to the battery fured her up straight away. Checking the relays showed up nothing I swapped one over and still no joy so I am at a loss so half an hour later we now have a backup start button so if it wont start a press of the button gives the starter a feed and away she goes.

Thanks for that reply Dave I will get her indoors to try it if it happens again. Its been fine all weekend not missed a beat when I was home typical I suppose.

Yeah the dash indication is correct for the lever position so I think it is something else. I will try to get the codes read this week and see if it flags anything up. Thanks for taking the time to reply to my question.

Well its getting a whole lot more confusing now, there are no unusual lights on the dash at all. However somtimes it just wont crank, it is perfectly fine when its cold but if you drive anywhere and then turn off the engine sometimes it wont start. Leave it for 15 mins and its fine. Its as if something stops working when its hot! Confused I am now.

Cheers big monster she went back and tried it later and moved the gear selector to N and it started fine so I think that points to the switch.

Hi all question about a 2001 TD5. Does the xyz switch stop the car from cranking over? I am currently working away and my wife has just called saying the car won't start. Key in ignition turns but no crank she can hear a click but nothing else. I am just after some ideas for weekend so I can try to get it sorted its had a new alternator and starter in the last 3 months so I am kind of ruling that out.