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As it was a sunny day yesterday my missus decided to take the SC out in place of her usual estate car; well the SC is hers really.

Its let her down before by the starter motor not responding when she turns the key ; never when at home and only rarely, so she is nervous about being stranded. Its never happened to me.

Sure enough yesterday she got to her destination and an hour later tried to start the car - no response from the strater. After trying several times over about 15 mins it did eventually turn over and started normally. So she was not best pleased when I got in form work last night...

Just to be clear the problem is the starter not the engine failing to fire.

This intermittent problom has been with us for several years; anyone got any ideas?
 
I had an intermittent starting problem that turned out to be the rotor arm I think it was. Car would start 90% of the time but then sometimes not - esp when the engine was warm. It took a couple of garage visits to sort
 
My SC had the same regular problem - all I got was the starter solenoid click. It only happened when it was warm (twice embarrassingly when stopped for fuel and there was a queue behind). I repeatedly checked cables connections, removed starter and never found anything amiss. For a short while it would seem OK only to resurface after a good run when it was quite warm. Only solved after changing the starter motor completely, DJ
 
Thanks both Its not to do with ignition (so not rotor arm or anything else in the ignition circuit) nor fuelling. The problem is a bit like Phils except we don't even get the solenoid click when the problem occurs. What really gets my wife is that it never happens when I drive the car - and on two occasions she has called me out from home to sort out the problem and the car has started for me! This does not improve our relationship nor hers with the car... I think I am going to try a new starter/solenoid; any ideas for upgrades? .
 
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