Hello,
Not sure if anyone can help with this but my 2010 2.2 deisel sport has an intermittent error where is does not start. First happened 6 months ago. All is green on dash and start button when I depress clutch but then dash goes haywire when I press start button. Starter not engaging. Various dash lights flash and flicker, rev counter and speedo needles go from min to max and back.
30 minutes later while waiting for breakdown recovery car started fine and no issues. Battery and alternator checked out fine. Car fine for another 3 weeks being used every day. Then did it again. Took to garage when it started 15 minutes later. They checked battery again and alternator (battery only 18 months old) also re-made battery to chassis earth connector as slightly coroded. They also checked for error codes but all ok. Car ran fine for next 4 months no issues. Has now done it twice in 3 weeks. Car is obviously not happy with something at start up as key fob dash and start button is still green.
Does anyone have any ideas what might be the problem. The problem with giving the car to a garage is there is no way they can diagnose the fault if the fault 'cures' itself in the process. Car seems to always start again within an hour or so.
Its a long shot I know but wondered if anyone had any ideas what component might cause this error.
Any help appreciated.