ridway Posted January 15, 2005 Report Posted January 15, 2005 Anyone experienced this? Sometimes I insert the key in the ignition and try to start and the starter does not operate. This has only happened three times in the same number of months. My wife uses the car much more than me and the problem has never occured with her, but she uses her own key ( the remote one, what a suprise!). Removing the key and re inserting seems to help but im not sure.My delemma is, is this a key authentication, starter motor or immobliser problem? Are things like this logged as fault codes? Has anyone eelse had this problem. Rich Quote
Guest vr6galaxy Posted January 15, 2005 Report Posted January 15, 2005 How many keys are on your key ring? it could be a case of two many which could be blocking the signal! Quote
ridway Posted January 15, 2005 Author Report Posted January 15, 2005 Good point, there are lots and there is one for another Ford that has the same sort of key authentication system. I'll have a look at that one, cheers. Rich Quote
Guest vr6galaxy Posted January 15, 2005 Report Posted January 15, 2005 There was a case in one of the local papers where a woman in a Fiesta had to call out the recovery service as her car wouldnt start :) the guy tried everything but had no joy till he rang in for advice and they told him to take a look around for any aerials? well it turned out he was next to a police station, a fire station and a telephone exchange :rolleyes: after he towed the car a little way down the road he tried to start it and it fired up :lol: they think that the transponder signal from the key was being drowned out by all the other signals in the area! and something in the same line :) :rolleyes: Quote
Guest pnwheels Posted January 16, 2005 Report Posted January 16, 2005 The immobiliser won't prevent the starter from operating, just the vehicle running. If the car starts and immediatly dies, this indicates a duff immobilliser (among other possibilities) Quote
ridway Posted January 16, 2005 Author Report Posted January 16, 2005 It is manual. The problem happened again today Sunday. Foolishy I switched of the engine while waiting at some temporary traffic lights. It wouldnt turn over until I tried several times. Yes it nearly became embarassing As a footnote the starter sounds fine when OK and when the problem occurs there is no indication there is a problem with a sticking solenoid. When turning the key to operate the starter there is absolutley nothing; no relay clicks, no load on the system, no dimming of the lights, nothing. Then on the Xth try it will go, just as normal. I did drop the keys in some water several months ago but the key worked fine long after theyed dried out. The light still works so I assumed no damage. Would this affect the transponder though? Rich Quote
Guest vr6galaxy Posted January 16, 2005 Report Posted January 16, 2005 The transponder is a sealed unit so the damp shouldnt affect it, does it only do it on your key? it could be time to get a couple of new keys coded into the system just in case it is the transponder dieing? also there is a recorded problem with one of the relays! relay 30? this can cause starting problems! could be worth a look? Quote
Masked Marauder Posted January 16, 2005 Report Posted January 16, 2005 It could also be a faulty ignition switch. Quote
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