Shar01

Hello. I own a Petrol 2012 Meriva. Today, after driving 70mph several warning lights randomly came on on the dashboard including the TC light (it had the letters on it) and the Skidding light (I believe it’s the Electronic Stability Control light along with the Engine Management light. The car started to rumble and chug a little so I pulled over into a lay-by. I let it settle for a min and tried to restart, it cranked once, and then nothing. Every attempt after than it didn’t even crank, but warning lights no-longer on. RAC arrived and did all the usual checks. Fuel was ok. Oil was ok (but added a little I had in the boot anyway). CKP ok whatever that is, Battery was ok. It couldn’t be jump started. Battery reset was performed. He removed the 4 coils from the center of the engine and tried a new set from his van, but still the same. He unplugged the cables next to the coils and cleaned/WD40’d them, still nothing. He ran diagnostics but no codes were stored. By the time he was finished it was cranking every time (even now several hours later) but it’s just not firing or getting past the initial crank. I double checked with a code reader and still no codes. He said it needs further investigation, so it was towed to my house as local garage is closed today. I know it’s a long shot, but is there anything else I can look into, or check? Or anything I should be aware of? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for your time.

Thanks for responding and commenting. I'm not convinced it is aftermarket in any way. The whole radio/music stops to let the beeping occur... It's so strange. It can be fine for 3 days, then a day of beeping every 15 seconds. I've had a look around but can't even pin-point where the sound is coming from... Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks again.

Good morning. I've had an issue with my 2012 Meriva for sometime now where I experience loud beeping every so often from what I can only assume is the immobiliser. It usually does a burst of beeps once you've started the car and drive off, however in the last few months it's started doing it even whilst driving... and it's now gotten to the point where it will do bursts of beeps every 15 seconds for an entire drive... sometimes stopping and restarting the car doesn't even help. Some days it's fine. Below is a video of my car idling on our driveway (hence the seatbelt light). You can hear the beeps (please excuse the dirty dashboard). This is what I hear on a "bad day" where it won't even stop beeping, even whilst driving... I'm guessing the immobiliser is faulty (although I can still start and drive) or it's for a warning I don't understand? Either way it's driving me insane... Is there ANYTHING I can do short of scrapping the car? Maybe a speaker cable I can cut, or warning I can clear somehow? Any help or guidance would be hugely appreciated. Thank you so much for your time. -S Meriva.mp4