Car wouldn't start....

antijoke · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:04

Went to go out and car wouldn't start, was trying to, making a whirring kind of noise but nothing.

Kept trying and it fired up and then died, tried again and it started ok and ran ok for about 5 minutes, turned engine off and retried and it started ok.

Was cold here last night so I'm guessing the battery is knackered? No error codes have shown, I believe it's the original battery. Car is a 2007 clio.

kirbz · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:09

Had this recently, turned out to be a coolant temp sensor. The eml reported that though, the light went on and off intermittently too.

andy_mk3 · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:11

Crank sensor is common too. I have also seen them with the immobiliser playing up a little.

antijoke · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:14

Balls, off to the garage then, hope they can get me in tomorrow.

Iceman · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:58

No error codes shown up. Have you plugged it in and read them?
As said before crank sensors are very common on Clio's but this normally shows up a fault.

antijoke · 18 Feb 2015 at 20:27

Yep, I've plugged in my reader and no codes.

BigRazer93 · 19 Feb 2015 at 07:34

My vw polo did this, thought it was coolant temp sensor but turned oittto be crankshaft sensor.