LouP

HI All, Looking at this tead I think my Felicia may have succumbed to the same fault. I'm looking for some help and advice to pass on to my friend who is more spanner friendly than I. Had no problems with the car then after a hard frost, went out to start the car and it was dead. Thought I'd left the radio on and run the battery down, so put the charger on for an hour and got it running. Let it run for 10 minutes and then switched on the headlights and the engine cut out. I noticed that the airbag light had also come on. It then wouldn't even turn over and the clock had set to 0:00. Thought the battery had decided to give up the ghost, so put another fully charged battery decent battery on it and got it running with no problems starting. Took it out, did 16 miles, the airbag light came on and then went off, the radio cut out and it started running a bit lumpy. I pulled over and turned the engine off, and then it wouldn't start, like when you have a flat battery even though the idiot lights were on. Heard some clicking noises as well coming from nearly the fuse box like a relay was stuck. Left it for 2 hours and it started again, ( no airbag light coming on) got it running and decided to try and get it home. As it was going up the hill, the airbag light came on again and this time the engine didn't cut out dead like before, more like it was just losing power like it had fuel starvation, until it finally just died. I'd had enough of it this time, so got a lift home to arrange recovery. The following day it started and ran for a bit enough to get it out of harms way and into a car park where it promptly decided it wasn't going to start again ( making me think that it was more of a charging issue rather than a battery issue). Dragged it back home on the back of a mates straight bar, and it started with a jump start but only ran for about 5 minutes before it just gave up. Its full of fuel, and the alternator looks new. I've had the motor about a month and I only bought it because it was a tidy car with low milage for the money with a full ticket on it and by the looks of it a full service, low insurance and tax and roomy on the back with the seats folded out of the way. I've now got next to no beans left in the pot, but have a very nice friend who will help if we can figure out whats wrong as he's not much experience with Skodas. I'm gonna put a brand new battery on it as the replacement one I used had been sitting around for a year even though it hadn't done many miles and was only three months old when it came off the car I scrapped. Any ideas please? Thanks peeps Lou

Nice to find the community as I am a newbie to Skodas. Just bought 1999 tidy low milage Felicia Pacific and am having a few electrical issues and am hoping to find someone to be able to help me out