Hi all

My sister lives abroad and has got a 52 reg corsa, which she's having some problems with. This is her email!

I've been having on/off probs with my car whereby it won't start. I get a couple of lights come on on the dash board but they don't all light up, the mile counter thingy doesn't come on and when you have the key in the ignition and the driver's door open I don't get the usual beeping noise you would normally get. The car will turn over but not normally actually start and if it does start it conks out again straight away. I've always got it going again by fiddling with fuses and once it's running it's fine.

John has taken it to see a mechanic he has at work and he reckons it's a problem with the immobiliser. Namely that when I get out the car I double lock it with the key fob....press the button once to lock the doors and then again to activate the immobiliser. This lad reckons the prob might be caused because the battery in my key fob is too weak (it does need changing) to deactivate the immobiliser. The doors get unlocked but the immobiliser still works. He reckons I must then fiddle with the right fuse to deactivate it in the engine and away I go.

I always thought it was caused by bombing it down the motorway at 85mph to work and frying something under the bonnet so next time I jump in it, it says I don't blinkin' well think so missy. It was only because it happended to John when he took it to work yesterday (about 2 miles away from home, through slow town traffic) that I've come to think it's not my fault after all!

Do you think the key fob/immobiser problem is feasible or doesn't it sound likely to you? It's only an occasional problem....99% of the time it starts absolutely fine. It's going for a service on Monday so we'd like some idea so we can mention it to the non-English speaking(?!) people when we book it in.



Anyone got any ideas? I thought perhaps dodgy earth or maybe a relay?

Thanks

Rich