17-10-2019, 12:01 AM
Hi all,
New to this forum with my newly purchased berlingo..
Everything was great with the car when i first bought it a few weeks ago, note this is my work van so it is my primary source of income.
So basically every morning i will turn it on and go to work, cranks fine as usual.
I drive about 30 minutes to a job, turn my car off for about 4 hours and it wont turn back on?
All the lights come on the dash, music is working etc.
When the key is fully turned, you can hear just 1 click coming from the engine bay i believe, and thats it. All the relevant dash lights come on when in the 'ignition' mode, such as battery, check engine, handbrake etc.
I haven't tried jump starting it to see if its the battery however i can confirm there is 12.5v when the car is off, and 14.3v when its running.
So i had to push start the car to get it going, drove it home and turned the car off. I then turned it on again within a minute and it cranks perfectly?
Then the next morning i try turning it on again and it cranks and starts perfectly as well?
May be a point to note that my car does not have an immobilizer, just a normal key to start.
Where should i start looking?
New battery?
New starter motor?
Battery is easy enough to replace but where i live (australia) a starter motor is almost $400AUD ~$240 euro.
If it is the starter motor, does this sound like the symptoms of a faulty starter motor or starter motor solenoid?
Im worried because its not a consistent fault and can happen whenever.
New to this forum with my newly purchased berlingo..
Everything was great with the car when i first bought it a few weeks ago, note this is my work van so it is my primary source of income.
So basically every morning i will turn it on and go to work, cranks fine as usual.
I drive about 30 minutes to a job, turn my car off for about 4 hours and it wont turn back on?
All the lights come on the dash, music is working etc.
When the key is fully turned, you can hear just 1 click coming from the engine bay i believe, and thats it. All the relevant dash lights come on when in the 'ignition' mode, such as battery, check engine, handbrake etc.
I haven't tried jump starting it to see if its the battery however i can confirm there is 12.5v when the car is off, and 14.3v when its running.
So i had to push start the car to get it going, drove it home and turned the car off. I then turned it on again within a minute and it cranks perfectly?
Then the next morning i try turning it on again and it cranks and starts perfectly as well?
May be a point to note that my car does not have an immobilizer, just a normal key to start.
Where should i start looking?
New battery?
New starter motor?
Battery is easy enough to replace but where i live (australia) a starter motor is almost $400AUD ~$240 euro.
If it is the starter motor, does this sound like the symptoms of a faulty starter motor or starter motor solenoid?
Im worried because its not a consistent fault and can happen whenever.