Non starter

Brillebruder · 17th February 2018, 17:48

Evening all,

I had not started the car for 48 hours but needed to get to the cellar door today.

Dash lights come on, radio, fan works etc etc all working but all I hear is click, click click etc when I turn the key.

Thoughts?

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COLVERT · 17th February 2018, 18:41

Flat battery.

Get it charged A.S.A.P and don't keep trying to start the car until you do or you might cause problems with the ECU.---or your solenoid is shot.-------------

Comfortably Numb · 17th February 2018, 19:44

When you turned the key, and it went 'click, click' did the dash lights go dim? If not, then you probably have a poor connection to the starter motor, sometimes it is the earth, through the body of the starter to the engine/gearbox, sometimes the positive terminal ( thick wire). Not uncommon at this time of year with salt/muck/damp getting onto/into all kinds of electrical connections. Start off by checking connections/ starter motor bolts are clean and tight. If lights go dim, either battery is flat, or starter motor is jamming.

17th February 2018, 17:48	#1
Brillebruder Avid contributor Rover 75 1.8 ltr Join Date: May 2014 Location: Croydon Posts: 103 Thanks: 13 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Non starter Evening all, I had not started the car for 48 hours but needed to get to the cellar door today. Dash lights come on, radio, fan works etc etc all working but all I hear is click, click click etc when I turn the key. Thoughts? . __________________ November 2004 Rover 75 1.8 ltr Connoisseur in Cimarron Green (HQJ) with Grey Ash / Light Smokestone Trim (LRI)

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COLVERT This is my second home R75 Saloon. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: France/or Devon. Posts: 14,003 Thanks: 3,851 Thanked 2,167 Times in 1,816 Posts	Flat battery. Get it charged A.S.A.P and don't keep trying to start the car until you do or you might cause problems with the ECU.---or your solenoid is shot.------------- Last edited by COLVERT; 17th February 2018 at 20:15..

17th February 2018, 19:44	#3
Comfortably Numb Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Penrith Posts: 1,336 Thanks: 165 Thanked 303 Times in 241 Posts	When you turned the key, and it went 'click, click' did the dash lights go dim? If not, then you probably have a poor connection to the starter motor, sometimes it is the earth, through the body of the starter to the engine/gearbox, sometimes the positive terminal ( thick wire). Not uncommon at this time of year with salt/muck/damp getting onto/into all kinds of electrical connections. Start off by checking connections/ starter motor bolts are clean and tight. If lights go dim, either battery is flat, or starter motor is jamming.