Hi all, I wonder if I could pick everyone's brains please? Daughter's Punto has just failed to start (8 valve 1.2). She arrived somewhere, parked for about 10 minutes, came back and there's just a buzzing / rattling / clicking noise from the starter area as if the solenoid isn't pulling in. Plenty of juice in the battery, and the battery terminals look to be tight.
The car fired up instantly when we bump-started it, but on the way home she said her speedo was dropping out periodically and as I was following her, I thought her brake lights were flickering a bit.
I'd be grateful for any suggestions, please? When it gets light, I'll check the battery terminals and I know there's one earthing point between the battery negative and the chassis, then another on to the bellhousing. Can anyone think of anything else I could check?
The car fired up instantly when we bump-started it, but on the way home she said her speedo was dropping out periodically and as I was following her, I thought her brake lights were flickering a bit.
I'd be grateful for any suggestions, please? When it gets light, I'll check the battery terminals and I know there's one earthing point between the battery negative and the chassis, then another on to the bellhousing. Can anyone think of anything else I could check?