Intermitant fault apparently- just had to rescue brother.
Turn ignition, all lights come on, turn once more to crank, lights go out, nothing. no sound or movement.
Battery fine, recently replaced - tried with jump leads same result - nothing.
Tried rocking car in gear - attempt to start - nothing.
Birmingham spanner to the start motor - nothing.
Push and jump started straight away.
Any thoughts what this may be ? car is ZX 1.4i
Cheers
Failing to start
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If the battery terminal clamps are anything like as bad on the ZX as they are on the XM, I would cut them off and fit a set of proper aftermarket clamps. The clamps on my XM had got hot enough (due to poor crimping) to overheat and melt the insulation on the cable! With new quick-release pole clamps the voltage across the headlights when up nearly a whole volt and the improvement in lighting was quite noticable.
//NiSk
//NiSk