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Thanks for the suggestions. By checking the battery resting for a couple of days it became clear that it was not holding the charge, so needed to be replaced. Sorted!!

Fabia Mk2 1.2 Petrol (2012) Normally very reliable. However in the past few days it has twice suddenly had a problem starting. One morning the cranking was heavy and slow, and the engine failed to fire. I was in a hurry, so did not investigate but used jump leads to start from another vehicle. Immediate success. As I was going some distance I took the jump leads with me – just in case – and a good thing I did. I was away for a few days, and had no further problem with the starting until yesterday when I stopped at a Service station. After a 15 minute break I returned to the car and had a recurrence of the same cranking/starting issue. Fortunately a motorist came over and offered his car as a source for my jump leads, and I was able to complete my journey. After this second occasion I found that the clock and trip meters had re-set to zero, although the total mileage remains intact. There is obviously something amiss. Yesterday I put a multimeter on the battery terminals and had a healthy 12.55 volts. This morning (after 16hrs) the reading was down slightly to 12.45v, and the same between battery terminals and between battery to engine-block. The acid level indicator is black. Car starts OK, but I can’t trust it. . . . The terminal connections seem tight. The acid level indicator is black. Can anyone suggest what I should check next, please? Thanks for looking.