Welcome to TVR ownership......car wont start.

[alan-87]

Hi Guys.

Went to move the car this evening so i could give her a wash and a polish, but it wont start at all.

I leave her unlocked in the garage bjt the fob locks and unlocks fine.

When I turn the key, press the button on the fob and try to start it I then get an electrical noise which sounds like the fuel pump priming but the car doesnt even attempt to turn over.

When i turn the key back i get an electrical noise that goes "errrrrrrrrr". Lol.

Battery voltage reading 11.5v
Hazards, dash lights and radio come on, but no other lights. Not sure if this is just because of how the permanent live has been wired?

Any ideas? Meant to be going to the south coast pub club on Tuesday so dont want to miss out!

Thanks

[alan-87]

Okey dokey. Will give that a go!

[alan-87]

harry henderson said:

Had pretty much the same problem with my Cerb a couple of weeks ago. Everyone on here said it would be the battery so I replaced with a new one and problem solved. You really can't fault the help and advice you get from the more experienced owners on here, they've saved me alot of time and money.

Thanks Harry. Heres hoping its that simple! Not sure why it would havw gone flat so quickly. Only used it less than a week ago!

[alan-87]

Thanks gents.

Ive got the battery on charge as we speak so fingers crossed this is the simple solution!

Whats the recommended trickle chargers everybody is using?

[alan-87]

davelittlewood said:

That 'Grrrrr' is the idle air stepper motor returning to home and is normal

Put the headlights on and try to turn the engine over.

Do the lights dim a lot or does nothing happen at all?

If the lights dim a lot but you get nothing from the started motor then it's likely just a low battery. Check battery terminal connections and charge.

If you get nothing at all happening then it might be on the low current side of the system.

A trick is to bang the dash board on the passenger side whilst trying to turn the engine over.
This can free up the sticking relay in the immobiliser.

Good luck

Dave thanks for the detailed reply. When i turned the lights on i got nothing obvious. But i didnt go round to the front to look at the lenses, i was just sat in the car watching the wall.

I did try banging the dash after reading that on another thread. Maybe it wasnt quite hard enough!

[alan-87]

Chimpongas- thank you for such an excellent post. I shall certainly work my way through that list and it has already improved my knowledge no end. I really appreciate you taking the time to write that up.

Qbee- car now starts after a 24hour charge so battery could well be weak as suggested. I think as well as working through COG post a new battery certainly wont do any arm.

Thanks for all the informative posts and support guys!