Kairan89
3rd May 2016, 11:15
Hello
I am really struggling with my car, im not a Car person, so please go easy on me haha. Basically, i am i university and i needed a Car to get to Uni and stuff. It is an old car i got for Cheap, registration number is W577 WKK, its an old Citroen 3 door 1.4 2001 model i think, im not sure, but thats the Registration number.
So, after a few months of driving this thing, the electrics start to fail, power steering goes, radio, indicators, the lot! then it breaks down, i give it a jump start and its ok for a few days, but every few days after that it needed to be jumped. I took it to a garage and they reconditioned the Alternator as they said that was the problem. It was fine for a few days however the electrics still weren't working. I got new fuses fitted and the electrics started to work and it seemed like my car was fixed, a month later and the car struggles to start again, and it starts to completely cut out about 5 minutes after i get it started after a jump. In the end my car didnt even start with jump leads, even after about 15 minutes of trying to give the car power, nothing happened. So, i went and bought a brand new battery cos i won some money on the football. I fitted the battery and the car started working again, my electrics still didnt work, but once i bought new fuses again, everything started working. Finally, my car works, new battery, reconditions alternator and new fuses...
but no. in the past few days my car is taken ages to start, i even have to turn the key twice cos the first time it just turns over but the second time the car manages to kick in eventually and just today, my electrics stopped working again (just the radio and indicators). ive just bought a new battery and got the bloody alternator reconditioned, i cannot afford much more, i was wondering if there was anything i can try to do myself, like, clean something, maybe something is clogged?
Anyway i hope this all makes sense and i just want a bit of advice before i try to find more money to take it to the garage!
Many thanks
I am really struggling with my car, im not a Car person, so please go easy on me haha. Basically, i am i university and i needed a Car to get to Uni and stuff. It is an old car i got for Cheap, registration number is W577 WKK, its an old Citroen 3 door 1.4 2001 model i think, im not sure, but thats the Registration number.
So, after a few months of driving this thing, the electrics start to fail, power steering goes, radio, indicators, the lot! then it breaks down, i give it a jump start and its ok for a few days, but every few days after that it needed to be jumped. I took it to a garage and they reconditioned the Alternator as they said that was the problem. It was fine for a few days however the electrics still weren't working. I got new fuses fitted and the electrics started to work and it seemed like my car was fixed, a month later and the car struggles to start again, and it starts to completely cut out about 5 minutes after i get it started after a jump. In the end my car didnt even start with jump leads, even after about 15 minutes of trying to give the car power, nothing happened. So, i went and bought a brand new battery cos i won some money on the football. I fitted the battery and the car started working again, my electrics still didnt work, but once i bought new fuses again, everything started working. Finally, my car works, new battery, reconditions alternator and new fuses...
but no. in the past few days my car is taken ages to start, i even have to turn the key twice cos the first time it just turns over but the second time the car manages to kick in eventually and just today, my electrics stopped working again (just the radio and indicators). ive just bought a new battery and got the bloody alternator reconditioned, i cannot afford much more, i was wondering if there was anything i can try to do myself, like, clean something, maybe something is clogged?
Anyway i hope this all makes sense and i just want a bit of advice before i try to find more money to take it to the garage!
Many thanks