What a start to the year!

[Ian T]

Had a great start to the year

Got to the car at 6am this morning to go to work, turn the key....nothing

Great that's all I need, car has already got to go in to dealers to sort out sticking / seized rear caliper

Call the breakdown service, there within the hour as said. Started with boost pack.
"Don't turn it off or stall it" Oh great I thought...New battery required.
Drove all the way to work, turned off when I got there, tried again...nothing.
(glad I didn't stall it)


Thought Today was already cr@p, wife rang me.....her car wouldn't start
Sounds like that needs a battery, we only used it yesterday

I think I've had enough of the year already

[ed taylor]

Lets hope they can sort it for you , On a positve note. The year can only get better.

[soulman]

hmmmmmmmmmmm there must be summit in the air........Jan went to get her corsa out the garage yesterday....car woudn,t start.....she manage to get it started after 5mins of trying tho.
must be the aliens starting their newyear flybys and shorting batteries

[Triple Trouble]

Staying with friends in Cornwall at the moment. The postie has just hit my wheelarch with his van.
Fortunately just some paint from his van on my wheelarch, big dent in his front wing though!!

[Nidge]

Definately something in the air. At the beginning of December I came out to my car after finishing a 14hr nightshift. Turned the ignition,,, and nothing but a click. Managed to get a jump start so I could get home. Obviously the battery was up the spout and was replaced later that day, and all fine since. I did check the original battery and with the engine running all the voltages were correct, but when the engine was off and negligable load on the battery the voltage steadily fell from 12.4Volt down to 10Volt in the space of a few minutes. They say the batteries are good for about 4/5 years so I wonder if VX have hidden some form of timed self destruct device in their parts.

Regards


Nidge

[Triple Trouble]

My battery failed a couple of Sundays ago funnily enough. 3yrs 6 months old.

[Karl]

I have always said that VX have a self destruct chip in certain parts of the cars, 60K or 3 years, BANG.........so many have gone that way, always within sight of those margins.

[ditchp]

only just found this thread ian, hope your luck changes mate, that is 3 now.........................

[Stuarty]

I feel i have been lucky im away for two weeks of the month and not once has my veccy failed to start.

[JonR]

bit like my van this morning, wouldnt bl@@dy start, typical