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Yep, my car died on my last night and it wont start

First time it done it, I managed to get a jump start off another car and got to where I was going without any problems. Come to go home and it wouldn\'t start. I tired jumping starting it of my mates car, then gave up. So I rang my dad who came out. We tried jumping starting from my dads cars without any luck. So at 1am this morning I was being towed back from the middle of nowhere by my dads car with a copper following me most of the way.

Now my car is parked on the drive and its not going to be moving for at least a week cos I cant afford to get someone to look it at. Looks like I\'m using buses to get to work next week.

It will either be your battery or your alternator, my guess is that it\'s your battery, it probably isn\'t holding its charge. Try and borrow a battery off someone and have a run around with it, then you\'ll know if its that.
It\'s not that big a problem, I had it with mine, then just bought a new battery, you can get em for bout £20.

Well my dad just went to see if he can start my car again, and hes says the engine management light keeps flashing. So hes just rang up a mechanic up and he says he ain\'t got the diagnostics to see what the problem is

if the battery is dead i think the engine management light will flash as the ecu has no power..... is that correct people?

not exactly punk...

if the battery is dead, then everything will just dim/die when turning over the engine

flashing ECU is fault with the standard vaux alarm/immobiliser, could be the chip in the key, or the chip-ring-thing in the lock barrel which is faulty...

best checking the connections/fuses associated with the alarm/immobiliser(sp) first, and if it still carries on, then its a trip to vauxhall im afraid

oh deary thats not good^^ i thought the ECU had a battery back up, but ive just remembered it dies after 40mins or so.
my friends just had a similar problem with a peugeot 306, an earth strap had come loose

could just be something as simple as a bad earth really, but flashing ECU light is defo immob problems! Mine does it when I remove the chip from the key, it tries to turn over but does absolutely nothing, other times it wont even turn over!

fun but a right pain in the ass!

Looks as if it was the chip in the key. I found my spare key out early and tried it. Car started fine without any problems.