Mini Coupe 2014 stop/start issue

[whatmoretyres]

Hi
We’ve just picked up a new to us mini coupe s with 50k on the clock. Having had a new mini before, I’m aware of all the reasons why it might not operate from the manual but still no joy. There is no warning light that it is disabled and no other faults. On the old country man we had similar which turned out to be a failed wire so with this in mind I have poked about under the bonnet. The only thing I can see is what looks like a small vacuum hose off the intake, nothing else.

Does anyone know if that might be related or any other suggestions? My main mini dealer fixed it last time, it’s just getting the car there!

Thanks
Alex

[whatmoretyres]

Just to close this off for anyone searching - ignore the photo, that’s a red herring. We got a new battery, coded it correctly and s/s is back working. Happy days!