STARTING...PROPLEM!!!!

[ESSEXWIDEBOY]

Hi All,

i have just started having a problem with starting my PUG...!

it started about a month ago...but 1 or 2 that month, but now 1 or 2 a week..!!!

i go to start it up like you do...it turns over, but just dont start..if i lock the car then unlock and start again its fine..

but there must be something wrong to make this happen.....

if any of you out there can help that would be great, if not its a trip to the locat grage...£££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££

may thanks

martin.

[teamster1975]

If it starts ok when you lock & unlock the car it must be the immobiliser playing silly buggers!
Next time you can't get it to start have a look at the keypad and check if the red or green LED is lit

Edit: Course I don't know whether yours is a D8 or D9! Must be immobiliser though.

[steve_earwig]

I seem to remember someone saying the pick up coil for the immobiliser chips can give this sort of grief but I can't find the thread...

[ESSEXWIDEBOY]

thanks guys....my PUG is a D8..!

i was thinking it was the immobiliser, if it had one..which i was not sure..
if this is the case...what is my next plan, do i need it removed or switched off..???

cars..? there ok when working but an ass when they are not.

teamster1975.. where would i find the keypad..?

martin.

[Smelliot]

Mines a D8 with the keypad.

When sitting in the drivers seat it is down by your right knee, it's a small pull down flap that you have to open to get to the fuse release catch for the interer fuses....if you've ever changed a fuse and not noticed it, you don't have one...

I've noticed some early D8's have them and some don't, but I don't think this means you don't have an immobiliser, its just is an auto one instead of the keypad.....I think Anyone else back me up on that? I think it's because when your key goes out of sync, you have to go to the stealers to get them re-programmed instead of being able to do it with the keypad....unless you read the threads on here.

When you try and start it up and it doesn't fire, is there a continuious beeping comming from the dashboard? If so, that's the keypad stopping it. If not..... I'm not sure why it's not starting, sorry.

Hope this helps

[ESSEXWIDEBOY]

many thanks, again....for the help..

i will have a look today, for this keypad..!

watch this space..

[Captain Jack]

I'd say you don't have it, else you'd have to type the code in every time you started the car. I had a similar problem in mine where the engine would turn over but it felt like it wasn't pumping any fuel. All I had to do was take the key out of ignition, wait a few seconds and then try it. Normally started the 2nd time.