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2011 fiesta won’t start after disconnecting battery

SimonC1976
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Any idea why my wife’s fiesta won’t start. Battery went flat so I jumped it and ran it hard for 10 miles. When I trued restarting it nothing. I replaced the battery and now doesn’t even attempt to turn over. Any help would be great. 

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    Are you able to check the battery voltage?

    Haven’t done something like this,lol.

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    Defiantly haven’t done that. Nothing to check voltage with but it was band new. Thought maybe it had imobalised itself due to removing the battery

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    is the immobiliser light on ??????? if so resetting may be an option.

    dependant on mk google reset procedure.

     

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    Ok I’ll give it a try. Red light in centre of dash flashing?

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    yep immobiliser active

     

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    1 hour ago, JImpster said:

    yep immobiliser active

     

    New problem. How do you reset that

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    google will tell you dependant on Mk 4,5,6,7,8, etc

    generally inserting key turn 1 click and wait or thereabouts 

    maybe a new fob battery while your at it

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