I have a 2001 V6 Cougar which I am having recent problems with starting - it doesn't appear to happen all the time. Basically when starting the car from cold - no problem at all, but having driven less than 20 miles, stop
for a short period of time (anythimg up to around an hour) then trying to start the car and it's completely dead, no click, no turnover... nothing!
Is this a starter motor problem, or a faulty connection possibly? (highly embarrasing having called out the RAC today and it started when he arrived!
The fact it cuts out and then won't start - I don't think is your starter - even a faulty starter wouldn't stop the engine. It sounds more like something is getting hot and not liking it - then cooling down and working again.
If the starter solenoid doesn't click it can only be
-battery
-fuse
-starter relay
-starter circuit
-starter motor
-ignition switch
Personally the only thing of that list that could cause the car to conk out then not start would be the battery getting hot causing an internal voltage fault - cutting ignition. How old is the battery? After that try listening to the starter relay.
The only other area is the engine ecu/pcm - that could generate these symptoms also and as mentioned above only a fault code reader will tell you more.
Hi,
With vauxhalls that have this problem they always have a look at the crank or camshaft sensors, have you anyway of testing these two sensors, multimeter or similar.
Just found this, didn't even know there *was* a Cougar forum here. Anyway, my brother's 99 cougar v6 had this problem, and it turned out to be the top dead centre sensor.
edit - woops - disregard. His was definitely turning over.
Hi,
You could always check, at the starter connection that you have twelve volts reaching it ( while someone turns the key) i had a vehicle once and it turned out to be it was not putting twelve volts to starter, it was the ignition switch, check it out.
Rick.
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