steering locked won't start

[anth_dci]

I went to start my tonight and it won't start again! on the dash it says "steering locked" and the service light is on. I'm bloody sick of this car. anyone got any idea why it's doing this? I'm going to take the battery off and give it 10min see ifthat clears it.

[pw981]

tried wiggling the steering wheel as you press start?

If not, new electric steering column likely needed - not cheap either! Needs coding to the electronics.

[anth_dci]

it kinds looks like the battery is flat, when I lock it the lights are really dim. going to try jumping when my stepdad gets home. it's a good job ive got my aa cover if it is one of those

[pw981]

I hope it is just a dud battery.. much cheaper than a new electric steering lock! let us know the outcome - good luck!

[AlexB]

Is the immobiliser LED flashing?

I went to start my tonight and it won't start again! on the dash it says "steering locked" and the service light is on. I'm bloody sick of this car. anyone got any idea why it's doing this? I'm going to take the battery off and give it 10min see ifthat clears it.

[anth_dci]

well with abit of help shes fired into life. looks like the battery was flat somehow. It shouldnt be a duff battery i only replaced it in decemeber!

ive drove it for 10miles turned it off and back on and it fired straight away so hopefully it wont happen again. But im at my girlfriends now so if it happens in the morning i can ring the AA (i dont have home start).

to top my night off my iphone has died

[pw981]

glad it was "just" the battery! If it happens again, hopefully tracing the drain on the battery or checking to see if its the battery at fault (you never know!) will be easy!

What happened to your iPhone?

[anth_dci]

will having the key close the car cause the battery to drain? I parked slighly closer to the house yesterday and it didnt move all day. how would i go about tracing battery drain?

The iphone decided it only wanted to be on the contacts list. would ring people no bother so i held the home button and the power button and it went to a white screen that wouldnt go off i connected it upto itunes and did a restore and its working great again now.

[snowy]

THIS HAPPENED TO ME TOO. I SWAPPED THE BATTERY WITH THE CLIO'S AND IT STARTED!. THE STEERING LOCK IS STILL BROKE THOUGH. CAN I JUST CHANGE THE BATTERY? WHAT YOU THINK?

[busternlouie]

The iphone decided it only wanted to be on the contacts list. would ring people no bother so i held the home button and the power button and it went to a white screen that wouldnt go off i connected it upto itunes and did a restore and its working great again now.

You must have put it into DFU mode accidentally. Did you keep the home button pressed after releasing the power button?

[jo3yb777]

The iphone decided it only wanted to be on the contacts list. would ring people no bother so i held the home button and the power button and it went to a white screen that wouldnt go off i connected it upto itunes and did a restore and its working great again now.

You must have put it into DFU mode accidentally. Did you keep the home button pressed after releasing the power button?

What's DFU mode?

[busternlouie]

The iphone decided it only wanted to be on the contacts list. would ring people no bother so i held the home button and the power button and it went to a white screen that wouldnt go off i connected it upto itunes and did a restore and its working great again now.

You must have put it into DFU mode accidentally. Did you keep the home button pressed after releasing the power button?

What's DFU mode?

The big difference between DFU mode and restore mode?:

DFU mode doesn't boot up the "mac os" on iPhone - therefore it doesn't communicate with iTunes "as much" as in Restore mode and iTunes can't decide to interrupt downgrading the firmware etc.!!

[jo3yb777]

Ahhh Thank You