Hi, my car is not starting in the mornings. The engine is not even turning, and when i turn the key the digital display behind the steering wheel starts breaking up. The car parts shop have just sold me a battery, will this be the problem or have i bought the wrong thing?

Thanks in advance.

It sure sounds like a good start - was the battery charged though?

Hi, after repeated visits to the garage and not much progress, I can provide further information.

The problem first occurred when the power steering warning light came on. I turned the engine off but it wouldn’t start at all, not even a sound, and we had to jump start it.

Since then I have mainly had issue with the car not starting in the morning and having to be jump started. The power steering warning light has come on a couple of times. On one occasion as driving the power steering went and was soon followed by the lights, cassette player, speedometer etc.

Since then despite buying a new battery and trying a new alternator, the problem has persisted.

I have searched the forums and discovered that quite a few people have an issue with their power steering but this issue seems slightly different. I am loather to leave it in the hands of a garage whose course of action will tend to be to try different parts until something sorts the problem out.

Has anybody experienced anything similar or can suggest the best course of action?

Thanks

DBTL

Sounds like something has a fault or shorting out and flattening your battery rapidly. If the power steering light came on first i would get that checked out first. Think its def a professional job though. hope you get to the bottom of it soon, i hate it when you don't know where to start looking. . .

If a large current was being drawn in a fused circuit the the fuse should go, but this sounds as though its something fed with an unfused circuit eg starter motor,alternator,steering pump, fed with a large wire, so it would quickly drag the battery down ? just some possabilitys, hope you manage to sort it - Stuart.