Yesterday I had a weird thing happen with my Renault Laguna 2.0 petrol estate which I cant get my head around. Its only done 49,000 miles and I have owned it for 2 years with a few electrical problems which they are notorious for. It has a push button starter like most modern cars and for the last 2 years it has started perfectly.
Yesterday I was out visiting a customer and when I went to leave , got in , pressed the starter and nothing , no sign of it starting. Tried taking the key card out , cleaning it but made no difference, no way did it want to start. Phoned my Son who came out with the spare key card and that was the same.
I am now thinking what the fuck is going on so call out the RAC.
Wait a while , he turns up , I explain the problem to him , he gets in the car and it starts straight away!!! He starts it with both key cards and says he cant explain it . I am feeling like a prick for wasting his time.
He leaves and I drive the car home.
Try starting it after 10 minutes and nothing again, completely dead. Try for next 15 minutes with both key cards but no joy.
I am baffled so call out the RAC again.
He turns up and for the second time I explain the problem. He says thats strange , gets in and fuck me it starts straight away!!!!!
I am gob-smacked and say to him you are taking the piss, how the fuck did you just start it!!!
The next bit is really weird , he says to me do you push the clutch pedal down as you start it ? I say, no I have never done that in the 2 years I have owned it. He says , on these cars it wont start unless you push the clutch pedal down as you start it.
I expain to him I have never done it and he says it sholdnt have been able to start for the last 2 years!!!!!!
I get in, do it the way he said and BINGO it starts every time!!
How the fuck do you explain that because it has got me beat?
For 2 years it has started first time without pushing the clutch down and now its decided it will only start with the clutch down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As I said do cars have a mind of their own???