FIESTA DEAD. IMMOBILIZER?

[GTWALES]

Please can anybody help? I have a P plate 1.25 Ghia X automatic fiesta. Drove it fine the other day, no problems at all. Yesterday, heard (from the outside) a constant clicking / tapping noise. Tried to start it and not even display lights come on,completely dead. Only red light where clock and radio working. Tried a 'jump' from mates car and nothing. Is this an immobilizer fault? I don't know what to do - desperately looking for any help as dreading the possibilty of having to pay huge amount to fix it - ford said they'll look at it,but after i've paid them to collect it!

 

[Belle427]

sounds like the battery is duff to me,when you hooked up the jump leads and turned on the ignition did the dash lights etc come on?

 

[GTWALES]

No,the jump had no effect. no lights or anything. i've been back to the car since and the tapping/clicking noise I mentioned only happens when doors locked,not a sound when unlocked.

 

[Belle427]

id check all the connections are clean and tight at the battery first,also the earth cable from battery to chassis is secure

 

[jonnyfishing]

Could be the "ignition main circuits relay(yellow/green) on the facia fuse board. Check fuse No. 18 (ignition fuse) first, on the same board.