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Renault Clio - Won't start dials jumping

  • 08-10-2009 10:53am
    #1
    keith_d99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Have a problem with my wife's 2002 Clio - when she tried to start it - all lights went on and dials started jumping up and down. Didn't see it for myself - but it made a strange noise and didn't sound like the engine was turning over.

    Anybody know what this might be???
    She said that she left no lights on etc.

    Cheers,
    Keith.


Comments

  • #2
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Sounds like undervoltage effects, more than likely a flat/low battery.


  • #3
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    If it made a clicking noise, it coould be just a flat battery..... The slightly colder weather coming in now with kill thousands of batterys that were fine up to now


  • #4
    maggy_thatcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,056 ✭✭✭maggy_thatcher


    +1 on the dying battery. I have a 2002 Renault Megane, and exactly the same thing manifested itself (dials go loopy, weird clicking noises out of the dashboard, etc), and it was due to a short-circuit within the battery. One new battery + replacement fuse later, and it's all working fine again.


  • #5
    keith_d99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭keith_d99


    Jeez that was quick - thanks all!

    She did say that some helpful guy had jumpleads and it started! Had never heard of needles jumping like that though.

    Maggy - out of interest - what fuse did you replace?


  • #6
    maggy_thatcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,056 ✭✭✭maggy_thatcher


    keith_d99 wrote: »
    Jeez that was quick - thanks all!

    She did say that some helpful guy had jumpleads and it started! Had never heard of needles jumping like that though.

    Maggy - out of interest - what fuse did you replace?

    Was one within the injection control system. After we jump-started the car to get it going, the injection fault light periodically came on (along with the 'STOP' light). The battery also wouldn't charge (due to the short-circuit we didn't know about), so after the "drive to charge" that you should always do after jumpstarting, it remained completely dead. As such, after discussing it with a garage, we got it towed in to get sorted.


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