Astra not starting.

[cchesh@gmail.com]

Hi all,

 

We have an Astra that won't start, everything lights up on the dash but on key turn there's just a click. Connected a charger to the battery and the charger jumps straight to 'maintaining' indicating the battery is full and when we use jump leads from another car it starts and runs. Stop the car and it won't start again (just the click) even after leaving it running for 30 mins to charge battery. Battery does seem fine (but only way to be sure would be to swap it out at expense). When we got it running via the jump leads the immobiliser fault light was on (little car with padlock over it), but why would we be able to start via jump leads if that was the fault??

 

Any suggestions?

 

Cheers

 

Chris

[Vauxhall Owners Club]

It sounds very much like the battery is completely dead and needs replacing.

The electrical system needs a certain amount of charge to maintain the ECU memory and functions as well as trying to turn the starter over.

I would definitely replace the battery for a good quality one....may cost more but will give better results