help needed

pdevo

i have a micra a while back the battery died so i got a new battery and put it in ever since when start the car i have to rev the engine to get the clock to work. when i turn off the car again everything dies again so i cannot lock the car or anything. Anyone have any ideas what wrong

colm_mcm

sounds strange. does the car start properly afterwards?

pdevo

yes car starts no problem everytime. Except there is no clock, radio or display untill i rev it

joeperry

sounds like it could be the altenator. also lock your car by putting the key in the door lock

pdevo

ha ha your so funny the car wont lock even with the key for some reason

colm_mcm

If the alternator were at fault, surely the car wouldn't start over and over without being properly charged.

battery terminals I'd say?

ianobrien

Another possibility. We had a Micra that had something similar, and it was dodgy connections in the fuse box (the vibrations from driving made the connections sometimes, resulting in an intermittent fault).

It took us a long time to find it, and the only proper cure was to change the fuse box. We, being the mean b*****ds that we are, didn't. We bypassed the dodgy connections in the fusebox and installed our own fusebox, but when we did it, we had an auto-electrician on hand to check the work and to guide us.

pdevo

thanks ianobrien i opened the fuse box and found the batt fuse was blown hopefully this is the problem thanks again and thanks to all for the help