Car won't start - Please Help!!!!! :(

[T26TGT]

Hi,

I have a 2003 1.2 Clio that has starting problems.

Sometimes it starts and then others it don't.

I have had a diagnostic check on it and it came back that the ring decoder had a fault. I then replaced that.

Still no luck............

I then had an auto electrictian look at the car, he said he had fixed the problem. They said that the key was faulty, so paid to have a new key coded up. Went to collect the car and it drove home fine.

after leaving the car 10minutes, back to old ways. nothing.

I have done a quick video of it.

any1 any ideas?????

[video]http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=10150320190695901&comments[/video]


Thanks Tom

 

[Clio03Plate]

well mines wasnt firing up
it was the relays in the engine bay
also i replaced the battery

 

[T26TGT]

have you seen the video? did it do something similar?

 

[Clio03Plate]

cant view it

 

[T26TGT]

crap! do you know how to embed a video

 

[JackJack]

Click the insert video button and paste the link in the box.

 

[T26TGT]

thats what i did. where can i post my video for fee?

 

[JackJack]

Free? Youtube i think.

 

[T26TGT]

try again;

 

[T26TGT]

will fred know?

 

[JackJack]

Fred knows everything, and you have an immobiliser fault watch the red dot in the middle at the top.

 

[T26TGT]

would an immobiliser fault have shown up on a diagnostic test

 

[T26TGT]

any1?

 

[T26TGT]

Anyone have any ideas what I need to do? Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks

 

[MicKPM]

would an immobiliser fault have shown up on a diagnostic test

Yes it would and from what you've said it did in the form of the decoder ring... the problem is no doubt still there but hasn't been fixed/diagnosed correctly in the first place.

I'll gladly come out and take a look at it for you tomorrow afternoon if you'd like? Normally i'd say bring it to me but that's not going to happen is it... if you'd like me to come out get in touch with me here

Mick

 

[T26TGT]

Mick. Thanks for the response. How much do u charge and could u put it right? I can't do tomorrow but could do next week some time.

Let me know ur costs

Cheers

Tom

 

[Da]

Could be as simple as needing a battery in the key.

Do you have a second key to try?

 

[lemonnobby]

wont be the battery in the key as he said it was new could be a wiring fault i have also had this with a battery that was duff and it confuses the system

 

[T26TGT]

Yeah changed both batteries in each key as well as having a new key as above. Doing my head in. Just need to get it sorted lol.

Thanks for trying the help though. Much appreciated

 

[rosskerr]

Could it be a uch problem?

 

[Jonny1*2]

Could it be a uch problem?

Very rare. Most likely wiring somewhere. It won't be immobilizer directly, but the fault will cause immobilizer to activate and hence lead you to that conclusion. Get Mick down to have a look for you. Sooooooo many reasons it could be doing this. Decoder can be a stored fault, which is probably why that didn't change anything. Look on the bright side, you bow have three keys

 

[Da]

Was the decoder ring new that you fitted?

 

[T26TGT]

it was yeah