wouldnt crank??

[Struggler]

Go to start my clio this afternoon after leaving it from about 9 last night....

nothing,

unlocked fine, radio came on, feul pump primed,
turned to start the engine, and just a little click came from the starter motor!

its never done this all winter, its always started first time, every time.
the battery is around 3 years old so i wouldnt have thought it would need replacing just yet.

bumped it pretty easily and went for a half hour drive or so, and it was back to normal.
starting first time again.

i would have thought it was the battery, but it literally made no attempt to crank, just gave a little click.

could it be possible for the start motor to seize up if it gets too cold??
or is it 100% the battery?

 

[Greeny.]

Sounds like the battery to me, mine did the same when it went.

 

[ripp]

I think starter motor. I had the same problem some time ago. started from cold, then drove a little, stopped for a few mins and wouldn't start again! towed the car home and the next day it started as normal.. never had this problem since. (about a year ago)
I also had battery problems. When the battery went out it sounded like a cricket when attempting a start and no crank at all, just an odd like cricket noise.

 

[Fluxuk05]

If its any consolation mines doing exactly the same thing. Its done it twice now in the snow.

No idea what's causing it.