Ford focus fiesta starter motor clicks but won't start fixed in 5mins starter motor fault
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- ford focus or fiesta won't start starter motor just clicks when turning the key or pushing the start button or having intermittent starting issues where the starter motor just clicks but wont turn over.
I show you how to fix a common problem with the ford stop start starter motor where theres a bad connection and you just get a click. fixed in 5 minutes
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Thank you so much. Absolutely brilliant. Our 2013 Fiesta was silent apart from one click when we turned the key but now starts after following your video! I had no knowledge of car mechanics or what a starter motor looked like but I have a socket set so thought I’d have a go. Apart from a bit of discomfort on a cold damp day, some scary sparks when the wrench touched the large bolt while turning the nuts and fear about being right under a jacked up car (even with bricks in case the it gave way) it was straight forward to do. Well worth the effort. Liz
Good on you for giving it ago. saved you some money and you learned something new. so glad I could help you out.
Hi - this happened with my 2017 Ford Focus. Too cold to do it myself so I took it to a garage and told them that a friend had this problem and fixed it this way. They were very dubious but said that if I wanted to take the risk ......Anyway they did it your way - it cost me £45 - I've had no problem with it since with at least a 100 starts. Thanks - you saved me a starter motor! Al
no problem so many just replace the starter motor for a bad connection, mines been fine since so it definitely wasn't the starter motor on mine.
Helpful thanks - solved my issue. On a Mk7 Fiesta you can access the starter motor easily enough without removing the undertray. Note that one of the connections is directly to a permanent live so first disconnect the battery before attempting this.
Fantastic Video well done It fixed my non stop Fiesta 1.4 tdci 2011 and saved me a lot of time . Other Guys Videos were saying remove lots of parts to gain Access. I just got underneath the Car removed the 13mm nuts from the Starter Solenoid Wires cleaned up the Wire Connectors and refitted. Started the car much faster.
Was going to replace the starter on my 2018 ford kuga with only 40k on it seen your TH-cam video and it saved me 200 pounds working great now thanks 👍
it seems its a really common problem now with the ford start stop cars.
Props buddy this was happening to my 2015 fiesta and all I had to do was retighten those connections like you said and it fired right up. THANK YOU you just saved me ~$600 and a major headache 👍
Thank you for this, this is beautiful. But blink man!😅
Exactly my problem, thank you very much.
Mine only does it when it’s below freezing out... no Ford dealer had any idea why the problem was.
Update, cleaned the connections and it’s started flawlessly for the past 3 weeks.
Hey mate, great video straight to the point.
did you have the car jacked up / on stands to do this ?
I drove up the curb so one side was on the payment and the other side I put on axel stands and slid under.
Thanks very much for video just fixed mine now the number 10 nut was loose 👍👍
This was my problem’ tried everything to fix and the nut was loose 😅 on starter motor 👍
Update, week on and car is running perfect all from this loose nut 🤓
Thank you, have a Ford ranger which is doing this very thing & going to try what you said this weekend. rob
Thanks man you save me few hundred euro...
Many thanks solved same issue on 2016 Ford C Max 1.5 Diesel.
Ran with knackered starter in my Toyota for best part of a year. Block of wood and a big red mallet persuaded it in times of disobedience 😂😂
Slightly different for my 2013 focus. The nut was loose and rung. Wouldn't tighten or come off. Had to cut the nut off with an oscillating saw. New nut, nice and tight, starts on a dime now.
Thanks mate. Mine has just started doing the same thing. Stranded me in the middle on a junction cos of the stop start. Going to try your fix tomorrow and hope it works. If not it’s booked into Ford on Tuesday. Hope it doesn’t come to that. Being a 3.5 year old car with 48000 miles on it I think it’s a bit soon for a new starter….
Thanks mate. Went under it yesterday and cleaned up the terminals and now starts every time. Cheers
I've got a 2008 Fiesta, and recently fitted a new battery after one morning it wouldn't. start at all. All good for a few days, but now it's doing something it's done before I replaced the battery, which is when starting the car in the morning, the engine turns, but then for a split second it goes dead. Then it starts. Radio and lights stay on all the time. Would this be my issues as well ?
possibly what year is the car ? did you get you old battery tester before you replaced it?
Check this guy out... he might have a solution to your problem
@@denniswanjukimuthui5810 It stopped doing it when the winter was over, I guess it had to do with low temps, because this winter it's doing it again, I think it's normal at this point during winter time. She starts and runs fine overall. Now I'm worried about a noise she's making when pressing the clutch and chaning gears sometimes.
Seems straight forward to clean, albeit pain to replace. Quick question. Was your problem intermittant before you resolved it? sometimes works, sometimes doesnt unless you process a seemingly random set of push to start clutch and brake depresses? Trying to work out if corrosion would make it intermittant.
I get the click which i expect is the solenoid firing but im getting two DTCs
P06E9 : 00-2E - obviously related to the starter but is not necessarily the cause, it just means that the starter was told to start and the engine didnt start.
and
U045A : 00-08 "Invalid Data Received From Parking Assist Control Module A" : "Steering Control Module"
That second one one only appears alongside this issue but i do need to see if its present before i do the button push jig.
it was intermittent for weeks cold mornings or damp or wet days. After this fix it never did it again. the steering module only powers up when the cars running or at least the power steering so could be related.
@@MADMODS Useful info, Many thanks for your video and response!
Is this similar with an automatic mk7 fiesta? I bought a new starter motor from ebay for less than £20 but sounds like before ingo through the hassle of removing the starter motor i should just play with the connections first?
yes it can still be a issue. definitely worth a try.
I've had the same problem. The point I want to make is that if you turn the ignition on and off a few times until it starts, the next time you go to start it, it starts the first time anyway. So what you did doesn't really prove anything, because it undoubtedly does work sometimes, but on another vehicle, it could easily be something else. I'm still going through alternatives.
this problem happened lots on my focus and after some research I came to the conclusion this was the problem made the video and a week later finished the video as the problem was fixed I owned the car for another year after and never had any issues starting the car again.
it takes minutes to do so why not rule it out and do it anyway? you know this is a common issue with the ford's starter motors.
Great vid mate 👍 I think mine has gone.. it will start eventually after a few mins of trying (we have stopped using it now before we make it worse) the starter motor was changed a week ago and straight away we had this new problem of turning the key and nothing happening.. after we did start it and run it a while it would start first time most of the time, we assume it was heated up so worked better. There is a loose sounding metal rattle when it shut off as well- which was what stopped us using it. Do you think this is the problem?
Did you fine the issue? Just had a new starter motor and doing the same 🙈
@@damienspicer3934 yeah mate the solaroid had gone.. we traded it in and the fixed it or probably replaced it. Luckily we were getting a new one anyway but that forced us to buy sooner. I didn’t try anything here but that was the issue, not too expensive to replace. Hope u get sorted
@@bongoking5850 cheers for quick response 😁
Is the solenoid seperate on these or with the starter?
@@damienspicer3934 mine was a couple of year older than the video model and it was a separate part from the starter motor
thanks it worked
just happened on my 2004 fiesta, praying it doesn’t screw me over
Please make sure battery disconnected before working on these starter connections. If you short your spanner to earth you can damage vehicle electrics but more importantly burn your hands !
Video starts at 1:52
I am having problems with my 2017 Ford Fiesta every time after I fuel up my car won’t start so I bought a battery thinking that was the issue but it continued does anyone know what it could be? It’s out of warranty I’m lost
Don’t know if you ever fixed it but if not, it’s your evap purge valve needs replacing. You can get the part from autozone for like 40$, along with some heat shrink. Takes about 5 minutes to cut the old one out with a utility knife and heat shrink the new one into its place
@@tyrontrought9125 thank you but you are right it was the purge valve it got replaced
Hi I got Ford Fiesta st line and got the same issue as u have what shall I do to sort it out pls if I do it ur way than might be cool so it will cost me like £400 for new
do this first it's free and works.
Could i use the jack that vomes with my focus and some bricks?
Sometimes the car clicks like the starter motor is gone however it could be the battery might of lost charge so test the battery first by putting on then wipers, heaters, indicators. You’ll know if it’s the battery. Chuck some jump leads on and it should charge the battery while driving.
I know this cos it happened to me the other morning.
th-cam.com/video/99aWLk1ctjo/w-d-xo.html
Watch that video and see whether it relates to your problem.
Hello, If anyone can help me I would be so grateful. So I have a Ford Fiesta from 2019 - 3c cilinders, MK8 and it has been a nightmare since I've bought it... now tha thing myght be the engine..I don't have a clue, the car have days that won't start, it seems like a car with 30 or more years :( it won't start either it's cold or hot, it's not everyday that happens but still I'm afraid to be paying for a car that could just leave me somewhere on the streets... he is still in warranty but only until September...he's at the dealership right now but they are preparing to tell me "we are not finding anything, and the machine won't tell us anything either"..the thing is, the car showed an error on the computer board one of these days saying " alternative energy activated and then the solution that comes in Ford's book is "you started the ignition without starting the engine"...does anyone knows what this is really about? Sorry for my english I am portuguese..and bless you all for helping me. Thank you, I'm desperate.
My fiesta 1.0 ecoboost clicks clicks and clicks but don’t start I’ll try do this trick tomo, I have to bump start it half the time
did this work? my 1.0 ecoboost just started doing this and now I have to figure out if I should order a new starter, clutch safety switch or do this trick
Hi, Thank you for sharing this video. My car is doing the same thing, hopfully is the same problem. My question is, Did you have to disconnect the battery? Thanks again.
in good practice you should but its after the starter solenoid so it's not live wiring but yes I would recommend the positive terminal be disconnected to be safe.
it's actually very common this issue.
@@MADMODS Thank you very much for getting back to me. Got it fixed today and you saved me a lot of money. Thank you very much.
My fiesta was dead. I plugged a jump start pack and all the lights came on. I tried to start the engine and I heard the “click, click” but nothing. Suddenly all the lights turned off and Nothing I did worked. Now nothing works. Would you by any chance know what the problem could be?
sounds like you have a flat battery.
Bad connection on the wires from the batery
Certainly saves a starter motor.
if you went into a garage it would just be changed for a new one and charged accordingly when really it's just a bad connection.