Auris D4D 2.0 2007

[Roon77]

Hello all,

I was just wondering if anyone has had a problem starting their Auris or if there are any known electrical problems before i bring it to a garage.

I went to start my auris this morning and there was nothing, no electrical power whatso ever. It doesnt even flash the indicators when i press the key fob.

This afternoon i have put jump leads on to see if it was the Battery but again nothing, not even a murmur. It is almost like i have not pressed the clutch in when trying to start.

Has anyone had a similar issue? Could anyone give pointers of what i could look out for? I have established that it isnt the key fob Battery as ive tried my spare with similar results.

Many thanks in advance.

Roon

[don21]

Sounds like a very flat Battery in which case jump leads would not work.

Which could be lucky for you as I would never use jump leads on a modern car.

If you use jump leads and the donor cars engine is running which it really would need to be to provide sufficient power then you run a real risk of blowing your ECU as your engine fires and your alternator starts charging.

Use a jump pack or trickle charge the Battery before trying anything else.

Good luck.

[Roon77]

Thanks for getting back Don.

I had no clue about the jump leads, so really appreciate that - will hold me in good stead for the future :)

Will take the Battery to my local store tomorrow to test it. I wouldnt know where to start with a jump pack and bit wary of causing any damage.

Again thanks, i'll update this post with my results.

Roon

[Roon77]

Battery was ok :(

With the Battery being ok, i'm kind of ruling out the alternator also. I dont think it would be the starter as its not even getting to that point.

I'm not sure what else i could test.

Does naybody have any ideas? Would a fuse blowing do this do you think?

Do you think it would be better/cheaper to ring an auto electrician?

Many thanks again

Roon

[mickandjanet]

Are you sure the clutch pedal is fully depressed when starting the engine, will not start otherwise, also wise to have it in neutral.

[tavy]

I've had this problem 2 months ago... I switched the key on ignition, all the lights of the clock light up (those that should be light up when the ignition is on), and when I try to start the engine all lights are dead, and nothing; conclusion: Battery failure, though it had 3 years only, it broke down. Then I started the car with jump leads, it was no problem, and I haven't stop it until I reach a spare parts shop to buy a new Battery.

[shoney]

I had this problem last month also, my car spent 2 weeks in mrT,

•I had a new Battery

•ECU update

•new injectors (not cheap at £1400 a set)

Mines ok now apart from they stained my alloy grey cleaning it and it won't come off, so they have got it for the next few days

[Roon77]

Thanks for all your replies.

Just an update and to close the thread.

I got it working!

By fluke, science or chamce i dont know - but i tried almost everything and was at the point of ringing an auto electrician. A neighbour suggested cleaning the earth! Bare with me. I took the Battery out and undid the earth connector, filed it down a little (It was really clean and ididnt see the point, but i went through with it anyway), put the Battery back in and voila! it worked. Everything went back to normal.

Again thanks for your help and i hope this might come in useful to someone maybe doing a search to fault find.

Roon