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Isj612 · Jun 25, 2018

My Freelander wouldn’t start after about 2 /3 miles of driving. But if I wait between 10/30 mins it starts & drives fine ? It’s done this for a few weeks & this morning it wouldn’t start at all so I phoned my local garage who came out & tried to jump start it but it still wouldn’t start the lights were on & so was the radio so I got towed back to garage who said it was the starter motor ? & when I went back to pick the car up said it was a bit of bad wire on the starter motor & didn’t need a new starter motor.Has anyone else had this problem & did it fix the problem?

kernowsvenski · Jun 25, 2018

Is it turning over when it won't start?

Isj612 · Jun 25, 2018

kernowsvenski said:
Is it turning over?

It wouldn’t start for 10 / 30 mins lights & radio came on but not turning over or no clicking sound but hopefully it’s fixed now

kernowsvenski · Jun 25, 2018

Sounds like the contacts in the starter motor. Others may have better advice though. If it is the contacts it's an easy cheap fix.

Isj612 · Jun 25, 2018

kernowsvenski said:
Sounds like the contacts in the starter motor. Others may have better advice though. If it is the contacts it's an easy cheap fix.

Thank you I’ll see how it goes the garage said it should be ok & doesn’t need a new starter motor

GrumpyGel · Jun 25, 2018

If the radio didn't go off when you turned the key to crank, it may be the ignition switch (plastic bit on end of the barrel).

Isj612 · Jun 26, 2018

GrumpyGel said:
If the radio didn't go off when you turned the key to crank, it may be the ignition switch (plastic bit on end of the barrel).

Thanks I’ll keep that in mind if it’s not fixed

Nodge68 · Jun 26, 2018

kernowsvenski said:
Sounds like the contacts in the starter motor. Others may have better advice though. If it is the contacts it's an easy cheap fix.

This ^^^^

GrumpyGel said:
If the radio didn't go off when you turned the key to crank, it may be the ignition switch (plastic bit on end of the barrel).

Or this^^^^

dfossil · Jun 26, 2018

Could be as simple as corrosion on the connector on the wire to the starter solenoid

Isj612 · Jun 26, 2018

dfossil said:
Could be as simple as corrosion on the connector on the wire to the starter solenoid

Thanks garage said a bad bit of wire ? So maybe it was just that

tlo · Jun 28, 2018

On my sons 1.8 on the back of the starter motor there is a small wire ends in a spade connection it just pushes on to the starter . If that comes off/breaks the dash lights will come on but the starter will not turn no clicks nothing. I know this because when doing some work on his awhile back I broke the spade (don't ask) and it took me a few mins to realise what I had done ,after working back through what I had touched

Isj612 · Jun 28, 2018

tlo said:
On my sons 1.8 on the back of the starter motor there is a small wire ends in a spade connection it just pushes on to the starter . If that comes off/breaks the dash lights will come on but the starter will not turn no clicks nothing. I know this because when doing some work on his awhile back I broke the spade (don't ask) and it took me a few mins to realise what I had done ,after working back through what I had touched

Thanks that’s good to know

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