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[John Buckley]

My 2002 Nissan Micra has developed a starting problem, I've had the
battery checked and been told that it is fine. The car is very
difficult to start from cold. When I rotate the key to the "on"
position the dash lights do not always come on and under these
circumstances the thing is completely dead. If I rotate key back to
"lock" and the back to "on" I sometime hear a click from under the
dash (sounds like a relay) and dash lights come on and the car will
start but with great difficulty and I can hear the relay clicking
whilst the starter motor is turning. Once the engine is warm I do not
have any of these problems and it starts first time.

When I had the battery check done the voltage was 12.77 volts with the
engine stopped and 14.83 volts with it running.

Any suggestions as to what could be wrong?

[Rob]

John, see my posts a few below yours in the group. The solution by codifus
works for me. I can't see why this is not mentioned in the handbook.