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I've got an intermittent starting issue with the car - when I go to it turn over I get nothing. Literally nothing, not even cranking over. What I mean by "nothing" it's the same response you get when you try to start an automatic in gear. After a bit of removing and turning the key it it will start.

The fuel pump primes and the lights come on as normal but it just doesn't want to turn over. I have a Brant immobilizer (which is terrible on Subarus) on the car and I don't know if it is this or if it's something else.

It's been to an Auto Electrician a few times but no luck fixing it (he's re-soldered the Brant and this has helped it but hasn't fixed it).

Just wondering if any of you have had a similar issue?

Any help would be great.

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i have the brant on mine and have had it for 8 years with no problems, thats not to say that thats not what it could be, might be starter motor my excavator is doing that when the machine is hot it is hit and miss starting if i turn it on and off a couple of times it will finally start. Next time it won,t start give the starter a good knock and then see if it starts

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ok well there is two things the first is the auto elec would have checked for power to the trigger wire on the starter (small wire) and guessing that he then tried to find somthing inside the car it was not getting power so hitting the starter shouldnt do anything but leave dents. the other thiing to do is rewire the system with a relay, its very simple but you may have to bypass the immobiliser for the brant. If it plays up consistanly then the elec really should be able to sort it but somtimes on issues that are only intermittent it can take time.

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