I’ve seen this fault a few times now, so I thought I’d do a quick video describing the fault and an easy step to help diagnose it.
This was a 2011 Vauxhall Vivaro 2.0 Dci, the customer complained of an increasing difficulty in starting the engine, with a continuous turning over fault, until it eventually would fire up. Up until the fault develop into an altogether non-start fault.
First thing I checked was the fuel level and for fuel contamination. Then I checked for fault codes of which there were no relevant codes using a generic scan tool.
I removed the cowling around the steering wheel, carefully removed the transponder ring, I took the board out of the key and held the transposed chip to the inside of the ring, after a few attempts the van started and ran fine, once I found the ‘sweet spot’ I could get it to start near enough every time.
The fault was rectified by hiring a local Auto locksmith who has the correct equipment to code a new key.
20 окт 2024