hi people
my son has a old L reg ford escort LS, IT OLD BUT ONLY HAS 49K GENUINE MILES ON IT HOWEVER WE BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY FOR IT AS IN THE MORNINGS IT WOULD NOT START. KEPT GETTING THAT CLICKING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE IGNITION KEY
I CALLED OUT THE AA ONE TIME AND HE STARTED IT WITH ABOOSTER CHARGER AND WHILE THERE HE TESTED THE ALTERNATOR AND FOUND IT WAS CHARGING THE BATTERY BUT HE DID SAY THE TEST WAS RECOMMENDING A BATTERY CHANGE
WE CHANGED THE BATTERY AND LOW AND BEHOLD AFTER A WEEK OR SO THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED AND THIS MORNING HAD TO JUMP START HIM WTH JUMP LEADS
ALSO ALL SUNDAY HE WAS COMING HOME FROM HIS FRIENDS AND HE JUST OPENED THE ELECTRIC DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW AND LOW AND BEHOLD THE CAR FADED AND JUST STOPPED.....HE TRIED TO START IT BUT AGAIN THE CLICKING NOISE IS ALL HE COULD GET SO OUT I WENT TO JUMP START HIM AGAIN.............I DONT FANCY THIS ALL THE TIME OBVIOUSLY AND WONDERED IF ANY OF YOU GOOD PEOPLE COULD POINT OUT WHAT MAY BE WRONG OR TESTS I COULD DO SO I COULD POSSIBLY FIND OUT A SOLUTION,,,,,,,,,,,,,IT WOULD BE A PITY TO DUMP THE CAR AS HE HAS JUST PASSED HIS TEST AND I WANTED HIM TO LEARN IN AN OLDER CAR JUST INCASE HE HAS AFEW SCRAPES BEFORE HE UPGRADES
ANY HELP WOULD BE GRATEFUULY ACCEPTED
CHEERS
my son has a old L reg ford escort LS, IT OLD BUT ONLY HAS 49K GENUINE MILES ON IT HOWEVER WE BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY FOR IT AS IN THE MORNINGS IT WOULD NOT START. KEPT GETTING THAT CLICKING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE IGNITION KEY
I CALLED OUT THE AA ONE TIME AND HE STARTED IT WITH ABOOSTER CHARGER AND WHILE THERE HE TESTED THE ALTERNATOR AND FOUND IT WAS CHARGING THE BATTERY BUT HE DID SAY THE TEST WAS RECOMMENDING A BATTERY CHANGE
WE CHANGED THE BATTERY AND LOW AND BEHOLD AFTER A WEEK OR SO THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED AND THIS MORNING HAD TO JUMP START HIM WTH JUMP LEADS
ALSO ALL SUNDAY HE WAS COMING HOME FROM HIS FRIENDS AND HE JUST OPENED THE ELECTRIC DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW AND LOW AND BEHOLD THE CAR FADED AND JUST STOPPED.....HE TRIED TO START IT BUT AGAIN THE CLICKING NOISE IS ALL HE COULD GET SO OUT I WENT TO JUMP START HIM AGAIN.............I DONT FANCY THIS ALL THE TIME OBVIOUSLY AND WONDERED IF ANY OF YOU GOOD PEOPLE COULD POINT OUT WHAT MAY BE WRONG OR TESTS I COULD DO SO I COULD POSSIBLY FIND OUT A SOLUTION,,,,,,,,,,,,,IT WOULD BE A PITY TO DUMP THE CAR AS HE HAS JUST PASSED HIS TEST AND I WANTED HIM TO LEARN IN AN OLDER CAR JUST INCASE HE HAS AFEW SCRAPES BEFORE HE UPGRADES
ANY HELP WOULD BE GRATEFUULY ACCEPTED
CHEERS