22-05-2014, 04:14 PM
Hi, Newcomer to this forum, but I have been searching answer to my problem and wonder if anyone can confirm this?
Recently when stopped for a minute to go into a shop, found engine would not start afterwards. Just a click sound when I turned ignition key. Paused to check everything (doors, seatbelts etc) and when I tried again the engine fired and off I went. Happened again the next day but this time I had to wait a couple of minutes before the engine fired. Couple of days later it happened again - when I was out with family. We waited and tried, waited and tried but eventually had to call breakdown recovery. By the time they arrived the engine just started ok. Took car to garage next day - it had been serviced just two weeks earlier - and they said battery faulty so replaced it at cost of £70.
Even after that, it failed again and this time I was without the car for two days and had it returned with a bill for £310 for work fitting a new 'fuse box' (engine compartment, passenger side near battery).
Yesterday it failed again, just half mile from the garage and mechanic came out and heard for himself the 'click'. He says it is now a problem on the starter motor and the car is back in the garage again.
My concern is that it may not be the right answer. Searching through this forum I have seen many references to the 'ignition control unit'.
Symptom is just a click when engine is warmed up and stopped for less than 2 minutes before starting it again. Time period increases if engine is driven for longer.
Anyone here think this is the starter motor, the control unit or something else?
Recently when stopped for a minute to go into a shop, found engine would not start afterwards. Just a click sound when I turned ignition key. Paused to check everything (doors, seatbelts etc) and when I tried again the engine fired and off I went. Happened again the next day but this time I had to wait a couple of minutes before the engine fired. Couple of days later it happened again - when I was out with family. We waited and tried, waited and tried but eventually had to call breakdown recovery. By the time they arrived the engine just started ok. Took car to garage next day - it had been serviced just two weeks earlier - and they said battery faulty so replaced it at cost of £70.
Even after that, it failed again and this time I was without the car for two days and had it returned with a bill for £310 for work fitting a new 'fuse box' (engine compartment, passenger side near battery).
Yesterday it failed again, just half mile from the garage and mechanic came out and heard for himself the 'click'. He says it is now a problem on the starter motor and the car is back in the garage again.
My concern is that it may not be the right answer. Searching through this forum I have seen many references to the 'ignition control unit'.
Symptom is just a click when engine is warmed up and stopped for less than 2 minutes before starting it again. Time period increases if engine is driven for longer.
Anyone here think this is the starter motor, the control unit or something else?