I keep my parent's cars on the road and Mother's is a 99 406 Hdi estate owned now for several years and bought as a replacement for a 405 (which was a much better car).
It has had various problems on and off and today's issue has got to be up there with them. My Father got into the driver's seat this morning with a 'bit of a thud' is what he said, then there was only what he could describe as an 'explosion'. Scared the curse word out of them and sounded like a tyre bursting. This was before the key got into the ignition. It now spins over but does not fire.
Not had a chance to look at it yet but tried the internet for some hints to no avail. Other recent problem has been the body computer manifesting itself as faulty air-con. Quoted 500 plus to sort this so I rewired the a/c compressor into the fan wiring and its been fine for several months.
Going to check the obvious like fuses etc, but what was the bang? pre-tensioner? running out of ideas...
It has had various problems on and off and today's issue has got to be up there with them. My Father got into the driver's seat this morning with a 'bit of a thud' is what he said, then there was only what he could describe as an 'explosion'. Scared the curse word out of them and sounded like a tyre bursting. This was before the key got into the ignition. It now spins over but does not fire.
Not had a chance to look at it yet but tried the internet for some hints to no avail. Other recent problem has been the body computer manifesting itself as faulty air-con. Quoted 500 plus to sort this so I rewired the a/c compressor into the fan wiring and its been fine for several months.
Going to check the obvious like fuses etc, but what was the bang? pre-tensioner? running out of ideas...
