Non-starter - turns over but won't start - VCDS is clear
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 3:16 pm
Hi
My RS4 B5 has started perfectly for years - literally, but has just begun not starting. Engine turns over at normal speed, but doesn't fire up. There is what sounds like a relay clicking rapidly under/behind the right side of the dashboard whilst its trying to start which it doesn't normally do. If I leave it for a few minutes and try again, it's fine, starts within a couple of turns.
It's intermittent - on maybe 1 start in 10 at present, having an 8 month old baby in tow these days a ride home on the back on an AA wagon isn't likely to be as simple as it once was... so I'd rather know if this is the top of a slippery slope to not starting at all or "just one of those things that they do as they get older"
Any ideas what it could be? Anyone had this before?
Feedback welcomed.
Jim
My RS4 B5 has started perfectly for years - literally, but has just begun not starting. Engine turns over at normal speed, but doesn't fire up. There is what sounds like a relay clicking rapidly under/behind the right side of the dashboard whilst its trying to start which it doesn't normally do. If I leave it for a few minutes and try again, it's fine, starts within a couple of turns.
It's intermittent - on maybe 1 start in 10 at present, having an 8 month old baby in tow these days a ride home on the back on an AA wagon isn't likely to be as simple as it once was... so I'd rather know if this is the top of a slippery slope to not starting at all or "just one of those things that they do as they get older"
Any ideas what it could be? Anyone had this before?
Feedback welcomed.
Jim