I have a problem with my Fiesta LX 2004. Its completely stopped in the middle of a busy main road twice in the last month now but there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it according to a recovery chap and a mechanic. I've been told by various people that the reason it does this is because I only make small journeys each day which doesn't allow the battery to warm up enough.
Has anyone else had this problem? What do you do to prevent this?
tigger, if it were my car then I would charge the battery up and clean all the connectors and battery terminals and give them a smear of vasaline and also check the battery earth cable were it is bolted to the car body.
1. Go to halfords and get a battery check done.
2. Brake problem is probably the master cylinder which is nackered. Unless some of the brake caliper joints ate leaking.
What happens is (its one of those dual auto-manual gear cars btw) when its goes down to 1st gear automatically, the gear indicator starts flashing and then the (ABS) thing comes on. I then can't drive off so I have to put my hazard lights on and get myself to a parking slot as I can't accelerate.