Car not starting

[hindle8907]

The missus just phoned me at work,

Its a 57 plate, 5 door mrk 5 1.4 astra

The car wont start all she is geting is a clicking nosie from the engine area when she tries to turn it over.

im at work i have told her to phone my dad and get him to come with some jumpleads but she said the electric windoes and raido and stuff still work so i dont really think its the battery,

plus its used every day so shouldnt be dead :|

its just out of warranty too so i hope its nothing big.

any ideas people i anit got a clue with cars(or bikes lol) , never owned one lol ...

cheers

Ant :cool:

[yorkie_chris]

Radio, lights... small current
Starter motor... big current

Battery likely, maybe not charging. Has it been stood or left with the lights on or something?

[Specialone]

Has it got factory immobilser?
Could be that, check your battery though, a lot will power windows when almost dead but not enough to crank engine over.

[Davadvice]

could be the battery or the Starter. or a loose eath cable.

[yorkie_chris]

If it is immobiliser then you would not get click from solenoid energising

[BigBaddad]

Vauxhall......nuff said.

If your only driving it a few miles each day the battery won't charge enough to replace the current draw to start it.

[Dave20046]

My guess is battery.
She's not left a satnav or mp3 player plugged in to charge or something daft has she?
Without more than 'clicks' to go on, it's just a guess though.

[hindle8907]

was battery cheer guys shes just phoned me got it going with jump leads.
strange seeming as it does 30-40 miles aday unless she left the radio on or sumthin

[maviczap]

could be start of duff battery syndrome

[Dave20046]

What do I win ? :)

[Bluefish]

What do I win ? :)

dave, i think yc wins that one, was obviously battery though ;)

[Dave20046]

Hindle quite a lot of places do free battery testing, might be worth getting it tested, I'd buy a good quality battery (or you'll be in the same boat in a few months) and would advise against buying from halfords or AA/RAC/Recovery dudes - they all seem to be well over priced usually despite having a massive today only sale discount.
dave, i think yc wins that one, was obviously battery though ;)
oh yeah :x

[Specialone]

Dave, me and chris both said battery first albeit he got in before me so you defo dont win anything ;)

Glad you sorted now hindle :)

[yorkie_chris]

You got multimeter? Quick check of charging would probably be prudent.