Like most of us I only get the Z out during the winter months when the weather's nice and dry. In the UK that means very rarely. The last time was 2 weks ago.

 

So yesterday the sun's out and it's dry. I head into the garage to bring the beast out, click the button on the Sigma to unlock the car. Beep and the car's open. I jump in, put the key in the ignition, turn it, all the lights come on and....... nothing. 2 or 3 seconds later and the alarm goes off.

 

I go thru the whole process again and again and the same thing keeps happening. So I give up. This has not happened before.

 

I'm pretty sure it's not the battery. Anyone got any idea what could be wrong????

Errr.....sounds like the battery mate. No, honestly, it does.

Is it an auto?

Move the lever through the gears and back to park/neutral before starting it to make sure the starter inhibitor switch has not stuck.

Happens on mine every now and again.

do the dash lights go dim when you try to start?? does the starter make any noise at all? if the lights go dim & you just get a click or a slow whiring noise then its the battery. (if its really dead you may get no noise at all)

Thanks guys. After reading your replies I guess it could be the battery. I'll have a look this evening and let you know.

Had a similar thing, not with a Z but the same symptoms none-the-less. Can't hurt charging the battery eh? Lets hope thats it!

(oh, was the battery in my case)

Same thing with mine in the early days . Battery was the fault.

try pouring hot boiling water over the battery connection with engine off.. it worked for me after I had parked my Zed for 2months.. if not check all your fuse... that first ignition after a long rest could had burnt some fuse off... hope they might help...

Yeh it was the battery! All okay now. Thanks.