Recently my car suffered intermittent starting problems when hot. Finally it gave up and would not start at all. It went in for repair while on Holiday in France and had a replacement injector.
The car is an 03 3.0l Diesel Vogue.
Now the car runs fine but on starting I get the following messages flash up. Select Neutral. (This flashes up as soon as I start with the car in park). As soon as I select Drive I get "Slow Down" even before moving off.
I have searched the forum and whilst others have also had this issue no one has come back with the solution in their case.
After browsing other posts my initial suspicion is that the battery is too low after the prolonged cranking to try and get the car to start. I do not know how old the Battery is but suspect it is the one fitted from new. A quick check the car is sat at 11.5 volts, with the engine running 13.5 volts at the battery at idle. I have yet to try the other suggested voltage tests.
Has anyone had the problem and resloved it or any thoughts around my suspicions.
Regards
Lee D
The car is an 03 3.0l Diesel Vogue.
Now the car runs fine but on starting I get the following messages flash up. Select Neutral. (This flashes up as soon as I start with the car in park). As soon as I select Drive I get "Slow Down" even before moving off.
I have searched the forum and whilst others have also had this issue no one has come back with the solution in their case.
After browsing other posts my initial suspicion is that the battery is too low after the prolonged cranking to try and get the car to start. I do not know how old the Battery is but suspect it is the one fitted from new. A quick check the car is sat at 11.5 volts, with the engine running 13.5 volts at the battery at idle. I have yet to try the other suggested voltage tests.
Has anyone had the problem and resloved it or any thoughts around my suspicions.
Regards
Lee D