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• Omega Central Locking Problems 4 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  I have a problem with the central locking on my Omega. Last night the locking simply stopped working. Both my keys still seem to have plenty of battery power. Also, the boot release from the key and the button on the dashboard do not work. I have tried to resynchronise the key (a procedure
• 51 plate vectra (old model) probs 12 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  I have two and would appreciate any advise: 1. The battery warning light stays on permanantly. I assume this is the alternator ? 2. The abs warning light also stays on permanantly. The main reson for this post is the following question...GIVEN THE PROBABLE NEED FOR COMPUTER BASED DIAGNOSTICS
• astra power leak!!!! 14 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  on dash , and no click from starter. has had two batterys so far. hhhhhhhheeeeeeeeelllllllpppppppp,
• Mondeo Remote 2 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  Hi I have a R reg Mondeo, which the remote has stopped working. The batteries were changed two months ago and it was working fine. The remote has two buttons on it and a red led. There seems to be many differnt ways to program the remote back in, I am not having much luck with them. The only way
• Peugeot 406 warning light 5 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  I have a 406 HDI 90. Today a warning light appeared which I have not seen before. I appears to look like the outline of an engine and is to the right of the ignition (battery) light. Unfortunately the Haynes manual does not help. It is due for an oil change but I have never seen this light before
• Seat Ibiza 1.4s Not Starting 1 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Please cannot someone help! Driving along motorway car just stalls, checked under bonnet and plug lead of it. Car still won\'t start. There was no spark, put a new ignition/coil pack in! Still not starting!! Battery in the car is not the greatest could this be affecting anything
• Cavalier Mk3 won't start 22 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Mk 3 Cavalier 2.0i auto 1990, getting fuel (so not relay)& spark but it just won't start. I've tried 2 different ECUs from the scrapyard, checked and WD40'd all the connectors I can find, distrubutor cap etc cleaned, plugs & leads ok, new air filter, tried with no air filter, earths ok, battery
• Sealy 160 8 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Been clearing my garage out and came across what I think is something for starting engines. This came from a farm auction I was at some time ago,it was sold as a battery charger and was one of those impulse buys that for a fiver was worth a risk. It appears to be in working condition but what I
• Non starting Vauxhall Omega 6 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  I have a year 2000 OMega 2.5 which is refuses to start on odd occasions. No throttle is applied during the starting attempt, so I don't see how it can be flooded. If left for 15 minutes it may start first turn, sometimes however, it won't start for longer periods. The battery is in very good
• GTV Immobilizer problem 15 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a 1997 GTV 2.0 on an R plate. I had a flat battery replaced at the weekend & since then I havent been able to start the engine because the immobilzer wont switch off. The master keys were not supplied with the car & I only have the red key. Now the car is stuck in a garage 100 miles away
• Scorpion 1218 alarm dead 22 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  Hi I bought an MX5 that has the above alarm fitted It has been fine for about a year but on Saturday it simply went dead. I replaced the fob batteries( and re set them) still nothing As a last resort I removed the main unit and joined the ignition wires to start the car. Has anyone had any
• 306 Central locking 9 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  I have a 306 with which the key fob does not remote lock the car. I have replaced the battery and it still does not. After a trip to a peugeot garage today i was told it was not the key but another reason. he could not tell me what reason but suggested they would have to take out and change
• Rover 400 fob 26 May 2002 (Forum)
  Just bought an R plate Rover 400 (1400cc) One key and two fobs supplied (only one fob works). Two questions if anyone can help please: 1) Do I have to get a second key cut/supplied by Rover Dealer? 2) I've changed battery in dud fob following handbook but no luck. Is there any way of re-programming
• getting a car back on the road 9 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  i hope to get a lada riva 1.3, back on the road, it was last run in april 2000, and i was wondering what it will need, it had a half tank of petrol in it, and i have been told that i will need to pump out the petrol because it will have gone stale, also the car has the battery still
• 2001 Mk2 1.2 16v Petrol - 2001 Mk2 1.2 16v Petrol - turns over, won’t start. 13 Jul 2024 (Forum)
  This car sat for about 5 years without being started. I fitted a fresh battery, it started in about 8 seconds. I drove it about 1/2 a mile and put it back in the garage. I noted that fuel gauge showed very empty. Zero needle movement. A few days later someone
• Interim bangernomics 22 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  no pesky belt to worry about. A slight issue after a 12 hour shift though - I'd left the sidelights on (used to auto lights, you see) and returned to a flat battery. Ill see over the next few days how the battery is. If needed it's £40 from ECP for a new one.  So, for little more than one
• 1986 Daihatsu Skywing - Ignition on Fan Relay Supply? 9 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  to disconnect it and flatten the battery  The overheating has happened before and if it keeps happening I'm going to bust the head gasket, (traditionally fragile on these 3-cyl engines), assuming I havn't already Last time I fixed it by re-making the connection to the engine temperature
• Peugot 206 - Lights turn themselves on at random (not Auto!) 7 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  , which made me think originally that it was not a simple switch fault. When the driver's door is opened, even with the lights off, there is a two-tone warning sound which I think is the lights-on warning, and the battery runs down over a period of days, suggesting something is ON, though nothing seems
• 2004 ford focus 1.8tdci mk1 - ford focus alternator problem? 25 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  Right, i changed my alterntor because it was failing, fitted a used used one the battery light was still on, done all the checks 3 pin plug was ok check the red wire for connectivity all was good. This was charging better than my last alternator was put it under load and it dropped below 12v
• Renault Clio II 1999 - Renault Clio 1.2 8v mk2 Non Starter No Coil Volts 21 May 2015 (Forum)
  . Rummaged about all the cables I can access but not tested any specifically as no wiring diagram. Once, I had disconnected battery for several minutes and then reconnected and it still didn't start, but I then recoded radio and clock, and it started. I turned the car on and off several times ok