Hi guys

Car wont start!

May be due to bump, or battery, or freezing temps or starter motor packed up.

Does not turn over just clicks, and I think lights flicker. Only error message is Park Brake Failure. Have I bust it?

Any help would be grateful before call RAC

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Very flat battery

"Park Heat"  No body told me there would be days like these

L Reg dark purple/burgundy sort of Disco
R Reg very red disco
Bright Silver disco TD5
Sort of bright girly powder blue disco TD5
Gone (a while back) 1999 P38 4ltre Autobiography. 13 miles to the gallon, 10,000 miles to the engine
Gone MY06 RRS HSE Rimini Red
Gone MY10 RRS HSE Purple
Gone 2007 TDV8 Vogue OF Stornoway Grey (In Love again)
2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue Baltic Blue
MY66 VOGUE TDV6 3.0 Red

Don't use it unless your battery is 100%

£120 for a new battery is best monety spent on a RR

well totally gone and died now, tried to jump, boost, new battery, but now absolutely lifeless glad i put new tyres on, at this rate they will last forever No body told me there would be days like these

L Reg dark purple/burgundy sort of Disco
R Reg very red disco
Bright Silver disco TD5
Sort of bright girly powder blue disco TD5
Gone (a while back) 1999 P38 4ltre Autobiography. 13 miles to the gallon, 10,000 miles to the engine
Gone MY06 RRS HSE Rimini Red
Gone MY10 RRS HSE Purple
Gone 2007 TDV8 Vogue OF Stornoway Grey (In Love again)
2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue Baltic Blue
MY66 VOGUE TDV6 3.0 Red

Your battery can only be 2 years old so its not right if it is dead. I would get your alternator charge current checked at the same time as the new battery

Gazellio wrote:

Your battery can only be 2 years old so its not right if it is dead. I would get your alternator charge current checked at the same time as the new battery

Agree in theory unless the battery has had a couple of deep discharges from things being left on etc. Most lead acid batteries are useless after 2 or 3 complete run downs as it knackers the plates... 

when it was trying to start, it was not one clicck, but tic tic tic tic tic, lights flashed and dashboard lights on off and dials twitched No body told me there would be days like these

L Reg dark purple/burgundy sort of Disco
R Reg very red disco
Bright Silver disco TD5
Sort of bright girly powder blue disco TD5
Gone (a while back) 1999 P38 4ltre Autobiography. 13 miles to the gallon, 10,000 miles to the engine
Gone MY06 RRS HSE Rimini Red
Gone MY10 RRS HSE Purple
Gone 2007 TDV8 Vogue OF Stornoway Grey (In Love again)
2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue Baltic Blue
MY66 VOGUE TDV6 3.0 Red

Sportex wrote:

when it was trying to start, it was not one clicck, but tic tic tic tic tic, lights flashed and dashboard lights on off and dials twitched

That's definitely the sign of a dead battery

Perhaps get a multimeter from somewhere like Maplin to isolate the issue or call the AA/RAC to do it. You will want to check the battery and the current going into the starter motor.

There is a reasonable how to guide on Yahoo Answers

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index...011AAmBdOT Paul

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Took some real juice to fire it up again, many tries and still seemed very reluctant, but up and running now, we see how it starts tomorrow No body told me there would be days like these

L Reg dark purple/burgundy sort of Disco
R Reg very red disco
Bright Silver disco TD5
Sort of bright girly powder blue disco TD5
Gone (a while back) 1999 P38 4ltre Autobiography. 13 miles to the gallon, 10,000 miles to the engine
Gone MY06 RRS HSE Rimini Red
Gone MY10 RRS HSE Purple
Gone 2007 TDV8 Vogue OF Stornoway Grey (In Love again)
2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue Baltic Blue
MY66 VOGUE TDV6 3.0 Red

had the exact same thing happen after the last cold snap when i was parked up at stansted airport for a few days. took a lot of tries to get it going and once started all the warning lights came up and the car would only give me 3rd gear. after 45mins of driving i had the courage to switch off and fortunately there was enough juice in the battery to restart and everything went back to normal. Been fine ever since. TDV8 Vogue 2006 (2007MY) Tonga/Black

existing battery totally goosed, new one for £140 all sorted No body told me there would be days like these

L Reg dark purple/burgundy sort of Disco
R Reg very red disco
Bright Silver disco TD5
Sort of bright girly powder blue disco TD5
Gone (a while back) 1999 P38 4ltre Autobiography. 13 miles to the gallon, 10,000 miles to the engine
Gone MY06 RRS HSE Rimini Red
Gone MY10 RRS HSE Purple
Gone 2007 TDV8 Vogue OF Stornoway Grey (In Love again)
2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue Baltic Blue
MY66 VOGUE TDV6 3.0 Red