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A good code read is a must with a fully charged battery. After that, Fuel, Electric, Mechanical. Go through, check and eliminate one at a time.

Just checked, mine is definitely a *4* digit code and it is the R990 radio, which I think is the same as yours, “top of the range” at the time. I have disconnected the battery since and the code in the manual is the correct one!!

+1 ^ it’s the way I did it when I first got mine. I found the radio code scribbled in the handbook and also the EKA code. You can’t change the radio code as you can the EKA.

To be on the safe side, use a set of jump leads to maintain continuity between the new batt and the terminals on the car while changing it. Our local Motabitz does this every time they change a batt, unless it obviously don't need it. Then you...

+1 ^ A huge mine of experience and knowledge….

Where is James Martin when you need him? He'd know, so sorry he left. The problem seems to be in the thrust-bearing, clutch lever, clutch fingers area. As depressing the pedal isn't making the clutch disengage. Is the fulcrum right? Is the...

I did once ask my MOT tester about this exact point as, as you say, the previous MOT is still valid. He just said "It's a grey area". And it isn't illegal to drive a car with no MOT TO a testing station and AWAY from one to a "place of repair" if...

From the ignition switch, it goes through fuse 23 in the IDM. From there it goes to the engine bay fuse box and is connected to the starter relay. There appear to be no other connections so it should be fairly easy to trace. Good luck.

£144 led red light, as opposed to a 99p bulb from Halfrauds! Gross indecency!! MAD! I'd fit a holder somehow and save myself a fortune. How dumb do car manufacturers think we are? Foglight robbery! :mad::mad::mad:💡💡💡

It's simple: you need a new battery for the D2 and make sure that the alternator is charging well after you fit it

Cannot over emphasise this. (Ministry of Cr@p Design). Various ways of ensuring the connectors/terminals are made to go right down to the bottom of the posts. I personally unbolt them all the way then hammer them down with a socket, before...

Worth opening a bleed nipple or 2 to see if there is pressure in the system. About the only thing common to all 4 wheels. Master cylinder seized? Good luck.

If all brakes are locked on then you can ignore individual brakes and look at what links them all together.

for a non starter a specialist should have checked with nanocom the live rpm reading while cranking cos a sudden crank sensor failure can stop the engine while running then the ECU has not enough time to detect a code as it logs fault codes only...