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UPDATE: got feedback from the workshop. They started troubleshooting, and quickly found out the fuel pressure sensor was done. So kind of fuel starvation? They were going to try to replace it and run some tests, and the car should be working tomorrow.

Well I live in Norway, and we have this weird kind of culture were we threat everyone like it is our own grandmother. We dont have the ability to see anything bad in anyone. We normally dont fight, steal or do anything bad. "Normally" 😆 Especially in the northern part, people tend to leave the car running outside of shops if they just going inside "to get something", either to keep it cool on a warm day, or warm during the cold winter, this happens more often during the winter. And normally people would leave our cars alone.

Well its not left in the middle of the city. Have you never forgotten something, and just left the car running, and went inside the house to get it?

Correct. The car has this start/stop function, when its warm enough, and barely consume any electricity, the engine shuts off to save the environment and the world (EU regulations?), while idling. Then normally when I touch the gas pedal the engine starts again, or since the car itself is still on (radio, lights, etc.) and the electricity gets "low" it will start the engine itself. Then, often when I leave the car on and idling, gear in park, and seat belt off, and I return after a few minutes I often get the message to start the car manually. Probably some kind of safety feature. The car have a normal key in ignition, no keyless start. And in this situation I only were away from the car for like 5 minutes.

So i left the car while it was idling. A Skoda Octavia 2016 diesel with 150,000 km driven. When I returned to the car, the dashboard stated that I must manually start the engine, which I have experienced a number of times with its start/stop system. It has never been a problem before. But now the car would not start. I hear the starter motor cranking but the car won't start. I plug in my little power booster and try again. The starter motor is working hard, but nothing happens. I call a tow truck and they come with their monster power booster, and now I could really hear the starter motor getting enough power, but the engine still won't start. The car is taken to the Skoda workshop for troubleshooting, but there is a long waiting line. So this could be anything between heaven and hell, where my scariest thought is that the timing belt has broken down (60 000 km ahead of its time) while idling, when I was away from the car. How likely is this? And shouldn't the dashboard light up like a Christmas tree? As there were no warning lights, can we perhaps exclude all the really expensive outcomes? Like for example finding a new engine.