I'M SICK OF THIS CAR GOING WRONG!

[peugeot406rapier]

hello all my 2000 X reg 1.8 rapier is stranded, my mum has been borrowing it for for this week and when she went to unlock it nothing happened and same when she went to start it im guessing one of the big fuses has popped as theres no power what so ever going anywhere is this common and what fuse box would it be in? under the dash or under the bonnet? or could it be anything else? i must say im selling all my 406s this week im sick of them all i never thought id resort to this but im sick of constantly putting my hand in my pocket every week even my newest aqusition is going wrong after just 3 weeks with me so they are all going

im venturing to where is stranded with my other 406 (if that works) at about 8 so all help before then would be greatly appriciated

thanks a lot guys!

[omega]

id take some jump leads as it might be a flat battery

[peugeot406rapier]

thats what i was thinking i always keep jump leads in the car but i took them out to put them in my new 406 so ill habe to have a go this evening

[TopDonkey]

I would have said flat battery too, if you are taking jump leads, be very careful when you connect them up as the spark could do all sorts of damage, connect the last lead as fast as you can in 1 swift action to minimise arcing

Take spare big fuses with you, a multimeter, some wire in case you have to short/jump/test something temporarily, and if you have a spare charged battery, take that with you too as its easier to just swap the battery over if it is flat

[peugeot406rapier]

i have a hefty took bag in the boot with all bits of wire and multimeters and anything and everything so ill have to give it a go! thanks a lot for all your replies

[HimBigChief]

Like said above, a spare fully charged battery, so you can just swap that over straight away and then work from there. As has been said before, when modern batteries go, they just go. No long break down period, just instant death. Big fuses are under the bonnet, but probably best to check the HBOL for what you may need. Also, you could 'borrow' the fuses from whatever 406 you go in to test the stranded one.

First things first though, make sure that the battery terminals are still connected as one could have come free!

[omega]

so is it fixed?

[peugeot406rapier]

yes its fixed! haha all that trouble and some bloke from the garage next to where my mums work casting his eye over it before i got there saying its all manner of things "ohh its definatly not the battery" i'm sorry but what the f*ck does he know if he cant diagnose that and hes there! i think the underhanded twat wanted to try and relieve me of my wages! i took my other 406 there hooked it up to the battery and there was life! my dear old mother left my sidelights on ALL day so after starting it up and resetting the radio and clock and date etc etc i drove it home and its been fine since, it just really gets me how some people can be so stupid and for my troubles i now have a big dent on my bonnet where the heavy handed grease monkey tried to push it while it was in gear! i wish people would keep their nose out what was a simple fix caused by a silly mistake nearly escalated into some pratt charging me for ripping apart my electrical system when it would have just been able to be jump started, but yes i take back what i said about the car it was human error...and then women wonder why they get labelled bad drivers...

thanks again for all your help the other night guys

Martin