tick tick tick......what's wrong?

**Rudi** · 22-04-2010, 11:03 PM

My husbands car is just saying tick tick tick tick this morning......what's wrong??!!!

It is not firing, and it's not the battery cos we tried hooking it upto mine.

Love

Rudi
x

**fleabo** · 22-04-2010, 11:06 PM

Is the starter motor turning?

**olly** · 22-04-2010, 11:12 PM

Alternator?

**guest30038** · 22-04-2010, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by Rudi

My husbands car is just saying tick tick tick tick this morning......what's wrong??!!!

It is not firing, and it's not the battery cos we tried hooking it upto mine.

Love

Rudi
x

If there was current from the battery, you should at least get some attempt at turning. Did you use jump leads for the hook-up? try swapping batteries completely then you can test his on yours.

kev

**calNgary** · 22-04-2010, 11:33 PM

Put your lights and windscreen wipers on,,, if they work normally (the wipers) it sounds like your starter motor.
If the wipers are moving slower than usual it spounds like the battery , maybe you didnt get a good connection when you hooked it up to yours.

If you get stuck ,let me know,

Cal x

**Rudi** · 22-04-2010, 11:38 PM

Thanks for all the suggestions! We gave up in the end and he's called the RACQ to get it towed to the garage.....stupid car.....moral of this story....DON'T BUY BRITISH!!!!

He's getting the RWC done at the same time and we are selling it!!! Going to lease one from now on.......at least we know exactly what we are paying each month then!!!

love

Rudi
x

**olly** · 23-04-2010, 02:00 AM

Originally Posted by Rudi

Thanks for all the suggestions! We gave up in the end and he's called the RACQ to get it towed to the garage.....stupid car.....moral of this story....DON'T BUY BRITISH!!!!

He's getting the RWC done at the same time and we are selling it!!! Going to lease one from now on.......at least we know exactly what we are paying each month then!!!

love

Rudi
x

It wasn't a Jaguar was it Rudi, coz everyone knows you have to own two of them, one for the road and one for the repair shop (actually not sure if they are British anymore but nevermind I love them anyway just can't afford two of them!)

**Rudi** · 23-04-2010, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by olly

It wasn't a Jaguar was it Rudi, coz everyone knows you have to own two of them, one for the road and one for the repair shop (actually not sure if they are British anymore but nevermind I love them anyway just can't afford two of them!)

Nah, just a Freelander. It turned out it WAS the battery, so I don't know why it didn't start when we used the jump leads. Maybe they were British leads too!!!!!

It's gone to the nice man in Cleveland who groans every time he sees the car......but he was delighted that we asked him the do the RWC on it so that he doesn't have to see it again!

Love

Rudi
x

**olly** · 23-04-2010, 02:28 AM

Originally Posted by Rudi

Nah, just a Freelander. It turned out it WAS the battery, so I don't know why it didn't start when we used the jump leads. Maybe they were British leads too!!!!!

It's gone to the nice man in Cleveland who groans every time he sees the car......but he was delighted that we asked him the do the RWC on it so that he doesn't have to see it again!

Love

Rudi
x

At least it's not too many $$$$ for a battery then. My mechanic used to do that too, as soon as I rang up about my old lemon Commodore he would go 'oh no I need that like a hole in the head', it was one thing after another, switches, locking device, all the little stuff. Cars are a p in the a that is for sure, except my little VW which I drove for gazillions of years and never did a thing to it, but that was the old days....memories.....