Hi Richard,
Thanks for your response but I wonder if the solenoid on yours was replaced as well because I would have gone for that first. I cannot hear any start of an attempt for the starter to turn, all I hear is a faint "click". I have never kept my finger on the button for as long as 10 seconds as I think that is a very long time but will try this when it happens again. I usually just start the starting sequence again. The other morning I was going on a 150 mile journey and I must have tried it a dozen times and was about to throw in the towel and jump into my little Fiesta (never had any probs with that one) when it fired. I risked it and went and had no problem starting it for the return trip. I would have thought if there was a dead segment on the starter, it would need something to move it from the position it had stopped in to get it working again - just energising the solenoid would not do this. I am going on holiday in a couple of weeks and will not do anything before then and keep my fingers crossed. Thanks for your posts, they have been most helpful - until I saw those, no one I spoke to had experienced a similar problem and didn't seem to have any idea what the problem could be as it was impossible to show anyone the problem because it was so intermittent. I was afraid that if I took it into a main dealer, they would do a "Trial and Error" job on it which probably would have involved some very expensive software etc. Which ever way it went, I would have been charged "Lawyer's fees" for a garage mechanic.
Thanks again,
Brian
Thanks for your response but I wonder if the solenoid on yours was replaced as well because I would have gone for that first. I cannot hear any start of an attempt for the starter to turn, all I hear is a faint "click". I have never kept my finger on the button for as long as 10 seconds as I think that is a very long time but will try this when it happens again. I usually just start the starting sequence again. The other morning I was going on a 150 mile journey and I must have tried it a dozen times and was about to throw in the towel and jump into my little Fiesta (never had any probs with that one) when it fired. I risked it and went and had no problem starting it for the return trip. I would have thought if there was a dead segment on the starter, it would need something to move it from the position it had stopped in to get it working again - just energising the solenoid would not do this. I am going on holiday in a couple of weeks and will not do anything before then and keep my fingers crossed. Thanks for your posts, they have been most helpful - until I saw those, no one I spoke to had experienced a similar problem and didn't seem to have any idea what the problem could be as it was impossible to show anyone the problem because it was so intermittent. I was afraid that if I took it into a main dealer, they would do a "Trial and Error" job on it which probably would have involved some very expensive software etc. Which ever way it went, I would have been charged "Lawyer's fees" for a garage mechanic.
Thanks again,
Brian