driving across france in my rx7, went down a very bumpy road and parked in a layby, car wouldn\'t start but upon closer examination the symptom\'s are: 1: car will not start off the key, no starter motor, but will bumpstart fine and runs normally.
2: no windscreen wipers/washers
3: no heater control
4: abs light on on dash
any ideas? if it\'s a fuse blown does anyone know which one?
thanks
andy
bound to be a fuse, check them all in the drivers sidwe footwell
Could be the ground plug on the starter motor too, mine dislodged itself after a bumpy ride, plug it back in if it\'s dangling.
Look at the main fuses next to your battery, assuming you battery is still in engine bay. May be the 120A fuse.
thanks guys, there\'s a fuse box next to diagnostic port, fuses are, main 120a, head 30a, egi 30a, retractor 30a, and b2 30a, the b2 fuse has blown, anyone know where i can get one in france on a sunday....
Quote from: strange_days_ukbound to be a fuse, check them all in the drivers sidwe footwell
fuses in drivers footwell all look fine
Quote from: S3THCould be the ground plug on the starter motor too, mine dislodged itself after a bumpy ride, plug it back in if it\'s dangling.
err...wheres the starter motor? quite embarassed that i dont know...
Quote from: S3THCould be the ground plug on the starter motor too, mine dislodged itself after a bumpy ride, plug it back in if it\'s dangling.
err...wheres the starter motor? how embarassing that i dont know....
The starter motor is under the car attatched to the gearbox, passenger side.
Quote from: FreddyLook at the main fuses next to your battery, assuming you battery is still in engine bay. May be the 120A fuse.
nope, 120 is fine? as said by my mate above. The last three replies have been me, managed to get the reception PC at the hotel i am at now.
B2 the 40 amp one. Never seen fuses like that one; where do i get them? Mazda dealer only?
You\'ll need to jack it up on one side dude, wouldn\'t like to be under the car with one of those scissor jacks though, try and find the equivalent of halfords for a jack? They may have your fuse too.
Quote from: S3THYou\'ll need to jack it up on one side dude, wouldn\'t like to be under the car with one of those scissor jacks though, try and find the equivalent of halfords for a jack? They may have your fuse too.
Yes, I tried jacking it up on the scissor but got scared when I got underneath it. Starter motor looked ok but I didn\'t want to get too close as I could see the jack was precarious.
Maybe the fuse will fix it all? Found a Mazda dealer about two minutes away from this hotel and they open at 8am tomorrow. Hopefully they have that fuse and all will be good.
Anyone know what fuse B2 does? Can the 4 symptoms above be attributed to it?
Cheers
Andy
All it says in workshop manual for fuse B2 is........ign switch
well it turns out that fuse B2 does those 4 things above...got a new one and bob is your uncle :)
i also have a spare now!
Awesome result, glad to hear that even in a foreign country you can still repair a rotary!
(that situation would scare the crap out of me!)