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Car wouldn't start.

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:51 am
by Midjet76
My son just bought a used Qashqai at the weekend the 1.5 dCi Acenta on a 66 plate.
Yesterday he phoned me to say that the car wouldn't start,
The electrics were working the parking sensor was beeping but the engine wouldn't turn over, just nothing happened when he turned the key.
Eventually it started when he tried selecting a gear the car just fired up, but it doesn't appear to be a model that required the clutch or brake to be depressed as it has started fine since without needing to press them.
Sterted fine this morning without pressing any pedals.
Just wondering if anyone has experienced this or has any idea what could be causing this seemingly intermittent fault.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Car wouldn't start.

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:34 pm
by andy2019
Could be the batt needs a good charge or replaceing

Re: Car wouldn't start.

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:46 pm
by Midjet76
I guess it's possible as the car had been idle for a while, but then he's done some miles in it, as it was his new plaything. Would a battery test show up if it was in need of a charge or replacing?

Re: Car wouldn't start.

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 1:03 pm
by Midjet76
Would it not start if it was accidentally left in gear? That's another theory my son has come up with since.

Re: Car wouldn't start.

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:26 pm
by andy2019
Midjet76 wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2020 1:03 pm Would it not start if it was accidentally left in gear? That's another theory my son has come up with since.
If left in gear and you went to start it the car would jump forward as in gear.
Halfords do a free battery test/check so they should be able to tell you if it's ok or not.

Re: Car wouldn't start.

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:29 pm
by Midjet76
Cheers I've told him to go to Halfords or our local motor factors.
I thought car would jump forward if left in gear, was just a thought.

Re: Car wouldn't start.

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:03 pm
by calnorth
You can check the Batt volts and charging on board...like this. From about 20 secs in:



Re: Car wouldn't start.

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 7:19 pm
by Midjet76
THanks Calnorth, but he hasn't got the touchscreen version unfortunately.
However, you may all be surprised to know that when he tried to start the car whilst in gear, the car did not jump forward as anticipated and did in fact replicate the problem.
So hopefully that's all the problem was, I will report back in a few weeks just to confirm that everything is still well.
Thanks for everbodies input, much appreciated.