Sick Terrano

[Mountain Goat]

Symptoms described to me over the phone as my car is on loan to a family member in France. Wont start unless bumped down hill(had new battery 6 months ago) ABS light came on, then dials flickering then EML light and loss of power. Hoping this could just be duff battery. Thoughts welcomed

 

[clivvy]

battery, cables, bad earth. I suspect the positive cable is probably frayed or similar? cracked battery connectors? all this will certainly cause none starting and eml.

 

[solarman216]

Bad earth is most likely, but there are many, check the big one from battery to body to engine first, after that there are around 7 or 8 smaller ones that I can think of, Rick

 

[Mountain Goat]

Ta for replies so far

 

[96terrano]

I replaced the entire earth cable on my terrano as it looked past it and some of the wires in the cable were starting to brake also the headlight flickered, made a good difference. No more problems. Also sounds more lively when cranking over:thumb2

 

[Terranical]

I had a similar problem last year, turned out to be a cracked battery positive clamp, apparently a common problem. The original was made of lead but the new one is steel, should last forever.

 

[Mountain Goat]

Thanks again people. Will feed this to my stranded sibling!