Right, hopefully someone will be able to help me out with my weirdly behaving saxo. I drove it to college today fine, and then it was all fine when I drove it at around 11am into town and back.
When I went to leave college to come home, the Saxo refused to start. The clock was displaying 1:00, and the orange key light aswell as the orange ECU light flashed when I turned the key, whilst there was a clicking sound from the engine bay. The interior light was working, but when I tried the headlights, that dimmed and went off, until I switched off the headlights. I had a previous problem with a dodgy connection to the +ve terminal on the battery, where the connector had come lose so I had no power. I took off the connector, and as expected the interior light/clock all went out, then I reconnected and they came back on again, showing that there was a connection as this didn't happen last time!
I tried to start it a couple of times with no luck, so we used a starter pack to get it going... I had a sketchy drive home, knowing that I was one stall away from a disaster! When I got home, I tried to start it again to see if it would and again, there was nothing!
So, what could this be? The cold weather, a broken alternator, an old battery or something else? My "dickheads" of my friends did start bouncing around on the rear of the car during the day, so I thought it could be an imobaliser problem, however if this was the case, surly it wouldn't have started at all?
Hope someone can help. I don't rely on the car as I can get to college on the bus or with a friend, but I would like my car back! Cheers
When I went to leave college to come home, the Saxo refused to start. The clock was displaying 1:00, and the orange key light aswell as the orange ECU light flashed when I turned the key, whilst there was a clicking sound from the engine bay. The interior light was working, but when I tried the headlights, that dimmed and went off, until I switched off the headlights. I had a previous problem with a dodgy connection to the +ve terminal on the battery, where the connector had come lose so I had no power. I took off the connector, and as expected the interior light/clock all went out, then I reconnected and they came back on again, showing that there was a connection as this didn't happen last time!
I tried to start it a couple of times with no luck, so we used a starter pack to get it going... I had a sketchy drive home, knowing that I was one stall away from a disaster! When I got home, I tried to start it again to see if it would and again, there was nothing!
So, what could this be? The cold weather, a broken alternator, an old battery or something else? My "dickheads" of my friends did start bouncing around on the rear of the car during the day, so I thought it could be an imobaliser problem, however if this was the case, surly it wouldn't have started at all?
Hope someone can help. I don't rely on the car as I can get to college on the bus or with a friend, but I would like my car back! Cheers
