Car troubles

[Jennifer92]

Hi peeps, I am having trouble with my car just now, I went to go to the shop earlier on to get more milk and juice for the little one but the darn car wouldn't start , I spent about 10 minutes turning the key but every time I did that, the car just cranked and wouldn't turn over. I opened up the bonnet to see if I could find any issues but, I couldn't plus, the car had a full tank of petrol so I can't think of any reason as to why it would not start.

Any car mechanics here fancy giving me tips or advice ?

 

[Dec66]

Probably your battery.

Do any of your neighbours have jump leads or a battery charger?

 

[Levo-Lon]

I doubt you will be able to fix it going by your post but let's try and find a possible easy problem.

Can you describe what's happening better?

Firstly
When you say cranked?
Do you mean the engine was trying to start or just making a loud clicking sound?

Check the battery earth is tight and then the live.
If you've run the battery flat it may be a million and one things on a modern car.
Often it's a diagnostic to find a fault.
Crank sensor, cam sensor, fuel pumps, its endless..

AA etc if you have cover or.... The garage

 

[Jennifer92]

I doubt you will be able to fix it going by your post but let's try and find a possible easy problem.

Can you describe what's happening better?

Firstly
When you say cranked?
Do you mean the engine was trying to start or just making a loud clicking sound?

Check the battery earth is tight and then the live.
If you've run the battery flat it may be a million and one things on a modern car.
Often it's a diagnostic to find a fault.
Crank sensor, cam sensor, fuel pumps, its endless..

AA etc if you have cover or.... The garage

The engine was trying to start.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I doubt you will be able to fix it going by your post but let's try and find a possible easy problem.

Yes to me cranking & turning over are the same thing

 

[mustang1]

Press accelerator all the way to floor while you are starting it.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Press accelerator all the way to floor while you are starting it.

Doesn't work with injection cars

 

[mustang1]

Doesn't work with injection cars

I thought that worked on most cars over the last decade.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I thought that worked on most cars over the last decade.

No, the electronics sort it all out

 

[derrick]

Hi peeps, I am having trouble with my car just now, I went to go to the shop earlier on to get more milk and juice for the little one but the darn car wouldn't start , I spent about 10 minutes turning the key but every time I did that, the car just cranked and wouldn't turn over. I opened up the bonnet to see if I could find any issues but, I couldn't plus, the car had a full tank of petrol so I can't think of any reason as to why it would not start.

Any car mechanics here fancy giving me tips or advice ?

Call out a mechanic. Ignore everything else on here. You cannot diagnose a problem on here. It does sound like a flat battery. But it could be so many other things.

 

[Dirk]

Probably your battery.

Doubt if the battery is the problem if it was capable of turning the engine over for about '10 minutes'.
Problem lies elsewhere.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

It does sound like a flat battery.

No it doesn't

But it could be so many other things.

You could well be right on this at least

 

[Dec66]

Doubt if the battery is the problem if it was capable of turning the engine over for about '10 minutes'.
Problem lies elsewhere.

Does to me. It's certainly the first thing you look at, and with so much going on I doubt that the quoted 10 minutes was anything like that.

 

[mustang1]

No, the electronics sort it all out

Put it this way: the AA guy came, he pressed accelerator down to the floor and started the engine. This is on a 2007 car.

 

[derrick]

No it doesn'tYou could well be right on this at least

She said it cranked but would not turn over. That sounds like battery to me.