chorltonbubbler
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I recently bought an N reg S55 from my sister a week ago after she threw the towel in because of the problems she'd had with it. Ha ha, if only I'd known...
Withing the space of two weeks I've replaced the starter motor TWICE, only for the bugger to die on me AGAIN. Luckily I wasn't out on a date. John Cleese & a recently torn off branch sprung to mind...
It starts easily on a bump start but not by turning the key in the ignition. I dragged its sorry arse to a garage this morning and bought another starter motor which Trevor ("This car is nothing but trouble!" - he'd worked on it before my sister sold it to me) the mechanic fitted.
Then I spotted an etched message on the driver window saying:
'This vehicle is protected by STOPLOCK SECURITY'
Decided to ask sis about this and she confessed that when she bought it the previous owner told her that the imobiliser had been disabled. Hmmmmmmm.....
"I wonder if these are connected?", I thought
I have three keys. Two blue ones and a red one (which upon opening seems to contain some sort of coiled copper wire in a glass tube - now I think I'm being tagged/bugged and thinking Will Smith in Enemy of the State). The plot thickend...
Sometimes a light to the left hand side of the dash display lights up showing a key and the word 'code'. Other times it doesn't. Could this be the answer to the mystery of the immobile means of transportation? I think it's a job for an auto electrician rather than a mechanic. Then again, what would I know? I'm just the poor bugger who (apparantly!) owns a car but still uses public transport.
Advice and suggestions would be most welcomed.
Withing the space of two weeks I've replaced the starter motor TWICE, only for the bugger to die on me AGAIN. Luckily I wasn't out on a date. John Cleese & a recently torn off branch sprung to mind...
It starts easily on a bump start but not by turning the key in the ignition. I dragged its sorry arse to a garage this morning and bought another starter motor which Trevor ("This car is nothing but trouble!" - he'd worked on it before my sister sold it to me) the mechanic fitted.
Then I spotted an etched message on the driver window saying:
'This vehicle is protected by STOPLOCK SECURITY'
Decided to ask sis about this and she confessed that when she bought it the previous owner told her that the imobiliser had been disabled. Hmmmmmmm.....
"I wonder if these are connected?", I thought
I have three keys. Two blue ones and a red one (which upon opening seems to contain some sort of coiled copper wire in a glass tube - now I think I'm being tagged/bugged and thinking Will Smith in Enemy of the State). The plot thickend...
Sometimes a light to the left hand side of the dash display lights up showing a key and the word 'code'. Other times it doesn't. Could this be the answer to the mystery of the immobile means of transportation? I think it's a job for an auto electrician rather than a mechanic. Then again, what would I know? I'm just the poor bugger who (apparantly!) owns a car but still uses public transport.
Advice and suggestions would be most welcomed.