slimjim Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Not driven my car for about 5 days. Remote unlocks the doors. Get in, interior lights are fine. Key in, ignition comes on. Dash lights up fine. If I turn the key WITHOUT the clutch down, nothing happens (as you would expect) If I turn the key WITH the clutch down, I get a bit of a click, but nothing else. Hooked up a charger and it says "charging" .... is the battery just low? (And probably on the way out) or do I need to start to worry abut something else? cheers guys... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Sounds like the battery mate. I had a lot of this over winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harman350z Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Wouldnt worry too much, my 2003 JDM did the same, i had the car in my garaged locked for 5 days while i was at Nurburg and come back to a low battery, i should have left it unlocked in the garage as i guessed it was the alarm that drained it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Agree with Martin, defo battery issues. Alex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 Cheers guys... Will leave it for an hour and see how it does. I think a new one is on the cards anyway... read through the receipts and history and not seen a replacement at all, so this one is seven years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 battery would be my first port of call, if its not that then the starter motor is my 2nd choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubapics Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 There is a volt meter on the dash... You could use this to check the charge, cranking voltage. It probably reads well under 12v when you turn the key. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 VERY weird... Left her on charge for an hour... came to try again, nothing happened Waited for two mins, checked the volt meter, looked fine, turned on the radio, no problems. Tried AGAIN... and it worked fine! Started no problem... and stops/starts no problem now. WTF could THAT be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 sticky solenoid on the starter motor perhaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 get a multi meter on the battery see if its loosing charge once the car is off, also see if its charging when the engine is runnning, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 Seems to be charging OK when driving... just popped out in it and it was fine, V's going up as I went. One thing I DID just spot... one of my dome lights is out. Suppose I could I have left it on (AGAIN) and it burnt out. Drained the battery enough to not let the car start, but let the ignition come on. Very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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