Flickering car dials

[babylilo]

Everytime I start my car for the last couple of months my car dials flicker but the car always starts fine. But last night I tried to start my car and the dials flickered but my car did nothing. It didn't even make a noise like it wanted to start. So I had to leave it where it was and get a taxi home. I got picked up this morning with a friend who had jump leads. As we were trying to connect them ( 2 women takes slightly longer lol) a guy came over to tell us that her engine was too big to jump start my car but he would help me push it to try start it. I got in the car and went to try start my car and it started with no problems. So after all that it started like there was nothing wrong with it. The mileage has restarted at zero tho and it was sitting about 275 miles last night. What could be the problem? Is my car on its way out? Its a 2008 1.2 vauxhall corsa and its only done 28000 miles.

[douglas9401]

First thing I'd check would be that the battery connections are both tight.

[Hopkirk]

The man who talked to you doesn't know what he is talking about, unless your friends car is a lorry with a 24v battery!

Also you should not attempt to push start a car these days, as if it is unsuccessful, you can damage the catalytic converter.

I agree with Doug, and wonder if your radio is now asking for a security code. That would suggest total disconnection for a while. Fiddling with the jumpleads may have reconnected it.

If the battery is connected properly, I would get a battery charger and give it a full recharge.

[Davethedog]

As said check all connections however. In my limited knowledge, I think you have a break in a wire, so it may not be visible.

[LCDMAN]

It's an immobilser fault - common on the current model Corsas (Corsa D). Take it to the dealers for reading of fault codes.

[LCDMAN]

http://www.ukcorsa-d....18-My-Corsa-is-dead..

http://www.vauxhallow...ill-not-start.235093/

Anecdotal;

Okay guys, this is a heads-up about a problem I was called out to last night. If you have a 2007/early 2008 Corsa D this could happen to you too.

Lad with a Corsa D had a flat battery for a while and had bump started his car a few times. Yesterday, it refused to start at all, even when he put a new battery in.

I went out to see him and the EEPROM in his BCM (body control module) was corrupt. It thought his keys were from another car and tech2 told me that the module had failed and would need to be replaced.

If this happens to you, the car WILL leave you stranded and the AA/RAC/whatever man won't be able to get it going again. In fact, no-one without dealer level diagnostics (tech2, SPS, security access and maybe an EEPROM writer if it proves to be really stubborn) will be able to.

To get the car working again, I had to reset the module and program the unit from scratch with the latest software, program new code index, and pair all the keys to the car again.

To prevent big inconvenience and a potentially big bill for someone to go fix it:

- Get the BCM updated to the latest code index (v12) and software
- Replace the battery at the first sign of problems
- Do not bump start the car, under any circumstances