Thread: D2 Won't start on first turn of key

Hi Baz, this is just a suggestion but with the onset of the cooler weather, your battery might be trying to tell you it’s on it’s last legs.

Might be time for a load test on the battery.

Cheers

Yip agree with drivesafe i had the same problem last year ,i thought it was my computer going crazy it went on for about a week then one day tried to get in the car and start nothing then all the warning buzzers where flashing and a very sick slow sounding alarm went off......
Checked batt. and it was dead ,got a new one and whoolaa it worked again

As silly as this sounds while your checking the battery check to see if your battery terminals are clean. Could be part of the problem too.

Gday baz

Sounds like ya battery man as mine has been dooing the same things for about a week its the bloody cooler weather it can kill a battery easy

Gday Baz,
i had exactly the same symptoms before my starter motor failed.

Hope its just the battery though lot easier to replace.

Aaron

Drivesafe.

What is the normal reason for this "2nd try works" thing? It has happened to me over the years prior to the battery going mammaries up.

It's as though the first heavy discharge 'burns' off the plates allowing the 2nd start to have some juice, but is this correct?

Probably some simple reason in reality.

Originally Posted by aaron.miller

Gday Baz,
i had exactly the same symptoms before my starter motor failed.

Hope its just the battery though lot easier to replace.

Aaron

Oh gawd i hope not

I'll get the girl to put the volt meter on the battery, what's exceptable volts wise when it's been sitting for a while and then after starting.

Baz.

Drive to the battery joint and have them do a load test this will give you the best indication as it loads the battery up and lets you know how much power it can deliver i have a load tester here and its a handy tool for diagnoseing batterys that are sus