Chappers 18 Report post Posted January 18, 2018 Morning all, I've been commuting daily in my new car, this might be a question for Keith tbh but I thought I'd throw it out there. The only thing I can think of is that it was windy last night and this might have disturbed some kind of immobiliser fitted to the vehicle? But without making assumptions I'll describe what happened, step by step: Left my door, walked to the car (which has keyless entry) Interior light came on as normal, car unlocked with door handle pull. Foot on brake, pressed brake pedal. All lights came on as normal and then instantly went dark with no response from anything, like a complete lack of 12v supply to the interior systems I've been reading about flat batteries, so assumed it was that and proceeded to get out of my car to grab my CTEK from the garage. As I closed the door of the car, all the interior lights came back on as if it was ready to start the engine... Weird, I thought, so got back in. Pressed starter button and again everything switched off and became unresponsive. Got out of the car a second time, closed the door, everything comes back on. Opened the door, pressed the start button to manually turn everything off, closed the door, locked the car, unlocked the car. Got back in, pressed the starter. Car starts as normal and I drove to work... Anyone had this? Is this an electrical fault? Gremlin? Ghost? Aliens? Thanks in advance! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nikndel 509 Report post Posted January 18, 2018 Battery is the place to start or a bad connection from it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerdstrike 186 Report post Posted January 18, 2018 A cabin-dim is inevitable when the car tries to fire the starter motor, but not if nothing happens! If the battery is healthy/new enough, then what about electrical shorts or a declining starter motor/starter solenoid? Personally I think it's a bit young to have a clapped out starter. Have you had anything done to the wiring? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chappers 18 Report post Posted January 18, 2018 Yeah not a clue I'm afraid... as is the way when you buy someone else's very modified car. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chappers 18 Report post Posted January 18, 2018 Didn’t do it this evening when I went home, could it have just got confused about whether I was in the car or not? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cerastes 204 Report post Posted January 18, 2018 Probably, I miss simple cars; all these new cars and there new technology's are great when they work but sometimes they don't... "Back in my day..." 1 TommyC reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
