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Txmpha13
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Hi all I have a 2008 1.6 petrol focus I have been driving it today and when I stoped at Tesco and turned ignition off everything seemed ok I the try to start car and nothing happened it popped message up saying aux heater 0% I managed to bump start it drove home I started losing lights dash and everything I’ve tried starting again with no luck any help please 

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    11 minutes ago, Txmpha13 said:

    Hi all I have a 2008 1.6 petrol focus I have been driving it today and when I stoped at Tesco and turned ignition off everything seemed ok I the try to start car and nothing happened it popped message up saying aux heater 0% I managed to bump start it drove home I started losing lights dash and everything I’ve tried starting again with no luck any help please 

    Hi Tony.  It's probably your battery.  Fit a new one then check that the alternator is charging it properly by using a multimeter. 

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    Thank you will update you when I try 

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    If it's the original ford battery mines went last year I think so would definitely change it.

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    Tried new battery and when trying to start car just pops up aux heater 0% on the onboard screen 

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    Sounds like the Gem unit 

     

    needs replacing and recoding. 

     

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    So could the gem stop it from starting 

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    not 100% certain on this but i thought it could stop the starter motor from activating. on this forum many times it has been mentioned about the circuit board in the speedo unit needing resoldering. I thought I had seen mentioned a few times that people could make the car start by pressing on the speedo unit in a certain place to flex it slightly to reconnect the dodgy soldering connections. 

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    see video and read comments - one person does mention car not turning over (assume he means starter not activating)

     

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    My guess would have been the battery but like you say it hasn't helped, 

    Could it be a temperature sensor, I'm guessing it's not -59c where you are.

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    No it’s reading -59 because I disconnected battery temp is reading 4 now 

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    Hi,

    Did you ever find a fix for this? My 2008 Ford Focus has done the same & I can't find anything online about it, aside from your post!

    Thanks!

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