Hello!
For about the past week, every now and then my car has been having issues starting. The electrics (dash lights, interior lights, radio) will come on when I turn the key to position I in the ignition switch, though they may intermittently come on and off, though other times they will stay on. When I turn the key to actually start the car though... nothing. No clicks, no engine turning over, nothing. At this point the radio won't work, but they dash lights sometimes stay on. When I turn the key back to position I or II, the radio will come back on... so as far as I can tell there is something odd going on with the electrics. At these times the horn also won't work and ting to lock and unlock the door with the key fob only works every now and then, other times it struggles.
The problem usually corrects itself and once the car is on there is no problem at all! Everything works perfectly again at that point.
I tried cleaning the corrosion off my battery terminals (it was pretty bad on the positive) and looking for loose connections, but I couldn't see anything.
Any ideas of what to do to fix it, or just work arounds until I get the right part? Anyone else have a similar problem? Oh, and my disco has 88,000 miles on it.
Thanks!
For about the past week, every now and then my car has been having issues starting. The electrics (dash lights, interior lights, radio) will come on when I turn the key to position I in the ignition switch, though they may intermittently come on and off, though other times they will stay on. When I turn the key to actually start the car though... nothing. No clicks, no engine turning over, nothing. At this point the radio won't work, but they dash lights sometimes stay on. When I turn the key back to position I or II, the radio will come back on... so as far as I can tell there is something odd going on with the electrics. At these times the horn also won't work and ting to lock and unlock the door with the key fob only works every now and then, other times it struggles.
The problem usually corrects itself and once the car is on there is no problem at all! Everything works perfectly again at that point.
I tried cleaning the corrosion off my battery terminals (it was pretty bad on the positive) and looking for loose connections, but I couldn't see anything.
Any ideas of what to do to fix it, or just work arounds until I get the right part? Anyone else have a similar problem? Oh, and my disco has 88,000 miles on it.
Thanks!
