inveloveritas Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Hiya Newbie here, thanks for having me onboard ! I have just bought my 1.8 Zetec and it seems to have a random starting problem. When you turn it to accessories and all the lights go on, the fuel pump stops buzzing and you turn the key, there's the noise of the starter motor about to connect, so like a loud click and then nothing. Often it'll start first time, no problem, sometimes it'll take 3 or 4 goes to make it start. When it starts it's clear that the battery is fine, the starter is energetic and starts the engine no problem, it's just like sometimes theres no connection. Now this would be weird enough, but yesterday, usual thing, 3 or 4 starts, then it started and was running perfect, but NO POWER STEERING !!! Turned it off and on again and power steering all back and perfect. Anyone got any ideas ???? Thanks Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjt Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 The first thing I would check is the tightness of the battery lead connections then the earth connection from the battery to the chassis. This may be loose and/or suffering from corrosion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unofix Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 As above. Also measure the battery voltage with a multimeter at the terminals. EPAS is very sensitive to low voltage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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