Hi, the Disco just gave me a new fault experience for Christimas:
Trouble is:
I press start, everything lights up as it should, then I release the start button, and everything goes black.
If I keep the button pressed, everything looks good, but the engine never turns over.
Just to be sure, I tried to top the battery, but the issue stays the same.
So, is there anyone here who knows what this might be?
22nd Dec 2019 7:12 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6566
Do you have access to a code reader? It’s time to read them, the codes I mean. otherwise it’s guessing and potentially an expensive parts cannon...
22nd Dec 2019 7:57 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8072
Poor earth connection would cause this.It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
22nd Dec 2019 8:43 pm
Weyboat
Member Since: 13 Apr 2018
Location: Weymouth
Posts: 261
Thank you for all your advice.
It decided to start again, a few days later, at the time when the flatbed came to pick it up...
Not sure what the error was, but a faulty grounding might explain the behaviour.
I decided to send it in anyways so that the dealer can have a look at it.
I´ll let you know if they find anything substantial.
Have a nice Christmas!
24th Dec 2019 2:56 pm
robpenrose
Member Since: 12 Jan 2016
Location: Surrey / SW London
Posts: 2136
My bet is you just were not pressing the brake hard enough. If you had been in there without starting the car and pressed the brake a few times, it goes hard and feels like you’ve got it pressed - but you actually haven’t got it pressed enough.
Obviously it could be something more sinister, but the above has happen a fair few times before
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