Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting

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Thu 11 Oct 2018 20:45
Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting - Ellissmith

Hi, my car failed to restart after parking. I was helped by a person with jump leads, and the next day following the fitting of a new battery and new ignition switch the problem still persists Intermittently. The main dealer checked it for four hours but the diagnostics could not find a fault. It's 3 years old and done 47,000 miles (a driving school car ). Someone is taking a driving test in 2 weeks and I'm worried the car might not start at the start of the test. Any help would be appreciated!

Rob

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Thu 11 Oct 2018 21:40
Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting - Oli rag
Did it have flat battery symptoms? Was there just a click when you turned the key or did it spin over quickly?
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Thu 11 Oct 2018 22:33
Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting - Ellissmith

It just made a soft buzzing type of noise. Not as if the engine was trying to start.

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Thu 11 Oct 2018 23:10
Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting - Oli rag
The noise and the fact that jump leads worked does make it sound like a flat battery. A replacement battery hasn’t helped, so there’s a possibility that there is something draining the battery when the ignitions off.
Finding the cause can be difficult. Try a specialist auto electrician and also look on fiesta forums to see whether there are any common causes.
One of the new super compact jump start packs to keep in the glove box may be a good idea with the car being so important to you.
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Thu 11 Oct 2018 23:10
Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting - elekie&a/c doctor
Does this have regular ignition key or push button power start?
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Thu 11 Oct 2018 23:24
Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting - Ellissmith

It has a regular ignition key. I've also tried the spare key, which didn't work any better. When the car didn't start on a couple of occasions I got out, locked the car, unlocked it, got back in, inserted the key and then it started.

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Fri 12 Oct 2018 09:32
Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting - Oli rag
Ah, more information now! If the starter turned over at normal speed after you got back in,then that doesn’t sound like a battery problem and points more to something like an immobiliser fault.

Edited by Oli rag on 12/10/2018 at 09:33

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Fri 12 Oct 2018 10:36
Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting - elekie&a/c doctor
When the fault occurs ,do all the other electrical bits work ok. ?Windows,wipers ,lights etc.
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Fri 12 Oct 2018 12:17
Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting - madf

Sound like the earth lead from the battery to car body is intermittently failing.. Probably the connection to the body. Undo. clean up hole in body to bare metal, replace.

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Fri 12 Oct 2018 15:37
Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting - Ellissmith

Thanks again for your help. I'll be taking it to the garage next week and some of your ideas may save them some time.

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Mon 23 Sep 2019 17:23
Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting - PATHIK CHANDRAKAR

hi

I have same problem in my car. I have same car. Did you fix your car. Please tell me how to solve it.

Pathik

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Mon 23 Sep 2019 19:18
Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting - daveyjp
Its an old thread, but as time passes I gain knowledge!

A friend had a similar problem with her Focus 1.0 Ecoboost. In their wisdom Ford designed the engine bay so that a coolant pipe is routed directly over the starter motor.

The coolant pipe joint fails and drips coolant into the electrics, car fails to start. Worth a check.
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Wed 25 Sep 2019 19:44
Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting - PATHIK CHANDRAKAR

thanks

Auto electrician has checked. It is okay.

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