Starter Motor Problems

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and was hoping for some expert advice. I bought my Mondeo for £2400 from a garage in October 2009. It's been well looked after and I was very happy with it - for the first 2 weeks at least. The garag...

Hi, I love the idea of this site, it's great and I really hope you can help!! I drove to my friend's house, 20 miles away, yesterday and stayed over and when I got in the car to come home the car wouldn't start. My freind's boyfriend jum...

Had a 2 incidents where my car wouldn't start, completely dead. It had to be jump started to get it going and the battery was put on charge. It charged very quickly which puzzled my retired mechanic dad but he suggested I prob needed a ne...

This vehicle belongs to my Daugther. We purchased a New Battery in early January which seemed to have cured the problem of not starting. However this problem has not gone away. Having had both the STARTER MOTOR and ALTERNATOR checked, the g...

Car battery went dead during the recent cold spell so I had it replaced but although the engine sounds like it wants to turn, the car will not start.Please help.

hi, my c2 wouldnt start this morning. had battery checked, told it was that, buy new battery, car started then died again only to be told it must be electrical fault. can anyone help please. thankyou

Out of the blue car never started as usual. Put key in ignition, dash lights came on went to start and key felt loose and did not start engine. Dash lights remained on when taking key out. Disconnected battery to get dash lights off.

Hi, My astra 1.4 will not start, when I turn the engine over it will fire if I put my foot right to the floor and keep the starter motor turning, but it will not rev up and start and stops firing if I take my foot off the gas and when I st...

hi our zs wont start when you turn the key it makes a noise like a loud clicking. all the lights cd player etc work. it bumped in reverse but then cut out.any help please would be very helpful to worried people!! thanks

hi i have a corsa 1.0 2001,just started having problems with it starting up.ie had battery and starter motor checked they are fine.i go to turn it over,and the car light with spanner keeps flashing,after about 3 attempts and really reving i...

Hello autoinsider, my neighbour has an 1991 Vauxhall Frontera 2.8tdi, and the problem is as follows,when starting the engine he waits for the glow light to go out, then turns the key full turn, at this point the engine will make a whining n...

With 49k on the clock the car when hot requires a prolonged cranking before it starts then it runs perfectly. cold starting and warm starting are instant.

i replaced a starter motor and now none of the two electronic keys will turn in the ignition both keys open and close the doors

My 1997 1.7TD astra has problems starting, sometimes when i turn the key nothing happens it won't even turn over and all the lights go dim on the dash, this happens for 3 or 4 times then it will eventully fire up, (however it doesn't happen...

I have intermittent starting problems the infared key has packed up on the previous owner and its central locking now works from the sparkrite alarm fob, I have fitted a new car battery but the same thing happens the engine barely turns ove...