Evening all,

Recently purchased a 4 year old 1.6TDCI Titanium. All going well so far, love the car and how it drives, the gadgets & toys etc!

This morning something weird happened (bare with me as I'm the least mechanically minded person ever)

• Reversed into my parking space, sensors picked up the fence behind me and the side sensor picked up the hedge next to me...all good so far.
• Had my iPod playing thru Bluetooth at the same time and the sat nav map was on (although not plotting a route)
• Popped the car into neutral and took my foot off the clutch - auto start/stop activates
• Opened drivers door to check I had enough clearance for the space next to me...
• Main information and drivers information display goes off, everything seems to switch off and then flick back on again
• The sat nav map showed my starting location rather than the actual location where I was.

All very peculiar.

I switched the engine off, left it for a mo and back on again. Map loaded up to the correct location and the bluetooth connection reestablished itself.

On the way home however I noticed that auto start stop didn't activate the few times I would have expected it to. External temperature wasn't cold (about 10c) and cannot think of any other reason for it not to activate.

Contacted my local Ford dealer who said I may have confused the hell out of the cars magic box of tricks and to keep an eye on it if it does it again.

Anyone else experienced this or think they know what may have caused this to happen?

Many thanks,

Rob

Sounds like a battery issue the stop start all depends on the charge in the battery so possibly it was just on the low side or since it occurred when you opened the door perhaps a dodgy wire

Hey artscot, yeah that's what went through my head as well but not being technically minded I wasn't sure.

Something to keep an eye on.

I'd go for either a battery/alternator issue which is causing an inadequate power supply to the electrical systems. I'd also check the earth straps are all secured properly as a dodgy earth can cause car electrics to go mental as can a simply loose wire/bad connection.