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Mini cooper 2002 - Mini sometimes won't turn over - Darlington Paul

A few month ago I drove to the paper shop ,when I came out the car wouldn't start, all the lights came on yet nothing on the last bit of the turn, no noise , nothing.. I'd replaced the battery a few month before so I knew it wasn't that. I rang a friend and he said it's sounds like the starter motor. I turned the key again and it started so I took it to a local garage, he asked me to bring the spare key as he wanted to try a different key. He had it a week and started it 30/40 times and it started every time and didn't display any error codes, he said it really did sound like a starter motor, but as it was starting for him he wouldn't recommend changing it. He'd checking all earthing connections as sometimes a bad earth can cause issues. I insisted he changed it as I didn't want to get stuck again, and it was only £110 for all the labour and parts... It's been fine for 4 weeks until yesterday , it did the same at some traffic lights after I stalled it. Then wouldn't start for 3 minutes,. I rang the garage and he said bring it in ,and he'll have a look at it, but if it's not doing it for him and there's no error codes he's at a loss.

Has anyone else had this issue?

Mini cooper 2002 - Mini sometimes won't turn over - elekie&a/c doctor
I’ve seen ignition switch faults cause this problem.
Mini cooper 2002 - Mini sometimes won't turn over - Darlington Paul

Erm one of the electrical lads at work has suggested that, and possibly a sticking relay, so maybe worth checking out.

Thanks ??

Mini cooper 2002 - Mini sometimes won't turn over - bathtub tom

I'd replaced the battery a few month before so I knew it wasn't that.

Had you cleaned the battery terminals?

Mini cooper 2002 - Mini sometimes won't turn over - Darlington Paul

All the terminals were cleaned up , thanks for the reply

Mini cooper 2002 - Mini sometimes won't turn over - Big John

Immobiliser issue? Not sure re mini but on other earlier cars I've seen problems with the immobiliser pickup coil around the ignition lock - sometimes just a bad connection.

Just a thought

Edited by Big John on 22/03/2021 at 20:05

Mini cooper 2002 - Mini sometimes won't turn over - Darlington Paul

Thanks for the reply, it's sounding more like an issue are key switch area isn't it, thanks for the reply.