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Author HELP - Car wouldnt start this morning.....
Noonster
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Registered: 20th Jul 03
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19th Apr 04 at 08:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

WTF is that all about....

I hadnt left any lights on or anything,

Car unlocked fine.... put the keys in and lights on dash came one - went to start and nothing!!!

Took keys out - put in again turned them and lights blinkering and going mad
Alarmed started going off etc.... then just died!!!

Dad jumped me and car started....... got me to work.

Is it the battery - do i need a new one??

Help / advice PLEASE!!!
BigSte
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Registered: 27th Aug 02
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19th Apr 04 at 08:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yep will be battery........alarms always go off for no reason when battery is dying.
I'd get a new battery mate
Siberia
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19th Apr 04 at 09:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

open engine compartment and hit engine with large hammer
Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
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19th Apr 04 at 09:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

sounds like battery but also check alternator is charging the batt etc

quite strange on such a new(ish) car
BigSte
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19th Apr 04 at 09:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

ye but if he's runnin ice then that drains the battery a fair bit
neiliosxi
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Registered: 17th Dec 02
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19th Apr 04 at 10:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

if it needs a new battery then there will be something wrong, a new batt should last at least 4 years!
Scandalous
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19th Apr 04 at 10:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

it will covered under ur warranty mate, pop into vx n get a new one.
Noonster
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19th Apr 04 at 10:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Im not running ICE so cant be that!!!

Poped into vauxhall about 1hr a go and have booked it in for Thursday for them to look at - they said it could either be battery or electircs ???

I thought batteries lasted years??

Anyways - when i went to vauxhall the car started first time and when i came back it started first time - so least i should be able to get home
si_reading
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19th Apr 04 at 11:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Mine did the same thing last week mate. Was sat in McDonalds carpark and then tried to start the car and it didn't Had to get my sisiter to come a meet me with jump leads.

I put a new battery in it last week as there was supposidly a fault in my battery when I took it to my dads mate a the Merc garage down the road from me. Works ok at the moment but we'll see in a few weeks!
Noonster
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19th Apr 04 at 11:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Thought i was the only one

Will have to see what vauxhall say - aparently your warenty covers it so shouldnt have to pay (I hope)
Red_SXi
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19th Apr 04 at 12:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i've heard its very common for new corsa's to have bad earths, My sisters old one had a similar problem once and it was cos an earth was loose
Noonster
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19th Apr 04 at 12:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Could i fix this myself then??
Red_SXi
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19th Apr 04 at 12:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Noonster19
Could i fix this myself then??


Well theres loadsa earths on one car, so you need to determine which one it is. The AA man found out by trial and error, but the trouble is we don't know where all of the earths are.....
Noonster
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19th Apr 04 at 18:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Ahhh so leave it to vauxhall on friday then
Scotty_B
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19th Apr 04 at 20:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I heard somewhere that you should never bump start Corsa Cs as you could fry the ECU.
Red_SXi
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19th Apr 04 at 20:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I've bumped mine a few times.
Noonster
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20th Apr 04 at 08:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by CorSRi_BT
I heard somewhere that you should never bump start Corsa Cs as you could fry the ECU.


How else do i get it going then???

Started first time this morning

 
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