got a wee Ka for nowt (boy said non runner due to immobiliser) towed it home and it fired up straight away with a jump and running perfect, took it a wee run to charge up battery and everything was fine, next few days started on the button then turned it off, tried again and nothing - no dash lights, central locking not working or anything?

took battery to get checked (newish halfords one in it) they conf it was goosed and gave me a new one, now the dash lights flicker as if bad connection somewhere and wont start - even with a jump - any ideas? Not got a lot of experience with Ka's myself! Its a totally standard P reg 1.3 crossflow.

Cheers

 

will be earth problem somewere i expect

 

More likely a short somewhere, so a good check at all wiring particularly wher eit is secured to or goes through panels, to make sure not rubbed through.
tabetha

 

loose cables to the battery terminal? (not the actualy battery terminal)

 

Its gonna be a short somewhere, turn ign on and wiggle as many wires as you can find while someone watches if the dash lights flicker. When they do, you have found your problem!