hello every one
I am getting a relay type click when I press the start button, but does not turn over engine
After 4 or 5 try's it starts
New battery yesterday
Charges at over 14 v
Any ideas ?

Try checking your earth strap on bell housing, this has caused similar problems when loose.

Thanks, second thing I checked
When I get the relay click, sounds like it comes from front left of car
Light go out radio go's of temporary
If I keep pressing the start button it will start after 4 or 5 try's
Any idea where to look next ?

I pretend no technical skills at all but on cars I have owned in the past when I have had these symptoms it has invariably been a knackered starter motor which sticks but draws huge power from battery hence everything else going without power. Hitting it with a mallet or putting the car in gear and rocking it used to unstick it but eventually it always needed a replacement starter motor!!

Thanks sakoquad
Time to find a used starter motor might as well try it 😃
Mind you it's not the starter that's clicking it sounds like a relay

Worth trying putting into gear and rocking it. If you hear a clunk and it then starts you will know that the starter motor IS the problem, could save a bob or two. Good luck, hope you get it sorted quickly.

had the same issue for a couple of weeks. took the starter out and had the solenoid and brushes replaced. been starting like a dream since.

have a look here

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic18582.html

A great find thanks👍
I've just got to get the numbers off the starter and I can order a kit
Thanks 😄😄

As usual, not using a sledge hammer to crack a walnut, check and recheck the simplest of things first. Perhaps redo all the earthing points before going onto bigger things. I once had an Alfa Romeo with a security light on indicating that the engine had been disabled and this was merely after changing a battery. Turned out to be a bad earth not supplying the security module.

Good advice, a tight earth connection is not necessarily a good one, only as good as the corrosion on the mating surfaces.
Undo the connections, clean them, tighten them and seal them, spray on lithium grease is good, I take it this would be safe on hot engine surfaces? Check first.

My guess would be a starter motor full of mud from taking the car some way past its maximum wading depth...

Thanks for all the input 😃
You are probably right pad
I was thinking full of sand,I will re do the earth lead and if that does no good take the starter apart
Think I need to defender but it's so much fun in my fl2😜

Without hearing the click, I'm wondering if its the steering column lock?? Mines done it a few times in the past were on pressing the start button I heard a click and nothing happened, tried wriggling the steering wheel then it started on the next attempt. Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
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