Hi All, been enjoying trouble free motoring for a while now and then what started as a once in a blue moon problem has now grown into a bit of a pain.
Starting about a couple of months back occasionally you would turn the key and only hear a click from the starter motor or relay in our 407 diesel automatic. Try again and away it would go, then no problems for a week or more only to have it happen again.
Well the frequency of this has got closer and closer to where now I'm worried to take the car anywhere in case I get stuck. Can remember having some thing similar in an old Valiant which was also a automatic and if you jiggled the gear shifter around it would then start.
No such luck in the 407 though. Was wondering if it could be the starter motor solenoid as all you get when it won't start is a faint click from under the bonnet.
I have tried the spare key thinking maybe the ignition barrel but doesn't make any difference and I have put a multi meter over the battery terminals when starting it and get very similar readings to our diesel Pajero when starting so don't think it's the battery and can't think of any other way to check it. Have not been in a position to trying jumper leads on it when it won't start and wonder if there is some special Peugeot way you have to place the jumper leads on to ensure that you don't damage any electrical stuff when you do.
Hope someone out there has had a similar problem and can shed a bit of light on what I should do next, cheers Steve
Starting about a couple of months back occasionally you would turn the key and only hear a click from the starter motor or relay in our 407 diesel automatic. Try again and away it would go, then no problems for a week or more only to have it happen again.
Well the frequency of this has got closer and closer to where now I'm worried to take the car anywhere in case I get stuck. Can remember having some thing similar in an old Valiant which was also a automatic and if you jiggled the gear shifter around it would then start.
No such luck in the 407 though. Was wondering if it could be the starter motor solenoid as all you get when it won't start is a faint click from under the bonnet.
I have tried the spare key thinking maybe the ignition barrel but doesn't make any difference and I have put a multi meter over the battery terminals when starting it and get very similar readings to our diesel Pajero when starting so don't think it's the battery and can't think of any other way to check it. Have not been in a position to trying jumper leads on it when it won't start and wonder if there is some special Peugeot way you have to place the jumper leads on to ensure that you don't damage any electrical stuff when you do.
Hope someone out there has had a similar problem and can shed a bit of light on what I should do next, cheers Steve