clio starter motor

[mildwin]

Clio 1.4 W reg. Called AA as car wouldn't start, just a click when turning the key. AA bloke said it needs new starter motor. He got it started, it got me home, I left it an hour or so & it started no problem. Tried again this morning & it started first time. Is it the starter motor or could it be something else? Is it usual for the starter motor to play up intermittently? Also have been quoted �80 for a fully reconditioned starter motor, is that good?

[Bobster-cyw]

Yes starters can be intermittent. If it happens again you can usually get it going by either push starting, tapping the starter with a hammer or sometimes putting it in gear and rocking it back and forwards although nonw are ideal if your by yourself stuck in the middle of nowhere in the rain.

Not sure about clio's specifically but i would have thought that $809 was about right but im only guessing on that one.

[mildwin]

Thats exactly what the AA bloke did, banged it with a large hammer/mallet, but that didn't start it either!!
�80 was for the starter motor itself and then �40 labour, so �120 fitted.

[TWR]

Check the connection on the starter, also the Solenoid & if your battery has fill up cells, check your water level, Last of all your Earth.

[Disco Fever]

Sounds like the starter motor has a dead spot on it this happens more frequently as the car gets older, �120 fitted doesn't sound bad to me my Transit needed one a couple of months ago and that was �82.50 inc vat and I fitted it myself...

[mildwin]

Thanks for the replies. Have decided to have the recon' starter motor fitted. Didn't fancy the idea of getting stuck somewhere, with a car that doesn't want to start!

[david1702198]

some starters on renaults have a female spade connector fitting for the earth as opposed to other cars which have eyelit fittings held on by a nut onto a stud, its worth checking that its not a corroded connection or loose, the fact that its intermittent would maybe suggest so. may save you a few bob

[mildwin]

OK thanks. I know nothing about cars, I'm a sad female who just puts petrol in & drives!
The bloke from AA assured me it was the starter motor. He did keep trying different things, explaining them all to me, but over my head! He spoke of the connections getting corroded, checked, were ok, he mentioned solenoids & things, but came to the conclusion that it was the actual starter motorl

[TWR]

Hi again, if you take the car into your local auto elec they will recon the starter for far less than a new one, but the choice is yours.