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AJS_
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Aug 13, 2017, 12:49 PM

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2003 Ford Fiesta, Petrol 33,000 Miles.

Yesterday, my car has been failing to start, which came out of no where. I was driving it for around 6 hours, then pulled over for 10 minutes to have a break. When attempting to start the engine back up, it didn't start.

As you hear in the video, your hear a fast ticking noise when trying to start it. That suggests a flat battery? So I called the RAC out and they fully charged the battery, and it worked.

HOWEVR, 5 minutes into driving again I flashed my light at someone to give way then the car cut out straight away again, specifically when I flashed my light?

Called RAC out again, fully charged the battery, and on my way again. This time I didn't use any lights, radio etc and I got home okay. I thought, now I'm home, I may aswel try to restart the engine, and surprise.. it didn't work.

What could this be?

Here is the video the problem I taken today:

https://www.youtube.com/...amp;feature=youtu.be

Hammer Time
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Aug 13, 2017, 3:51 PM

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It's pretty apparent that the charging system is not working properly. Have the battery fully charged and then have the charging system and the battery tested. You probably damaged your battery by now.

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Sidom
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Aug 14, 2017, 11:35 AM

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Ford has always had a problem with their grounds.....

Clean the battery terminals really good and take apart the engine and body grounds and clean those as well....try it...You'd be surprised

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