T5 with starting problems

[pgielen]

My T5 (a 2006 model with 1.9TDI diesel engine) sometimes will not start. I have experienced this twice now and I am under the impression that the problem is related to the fuse box. When it happened the first time, a few weeks ago, I started checking the basic fuse box (no fuses were blown, but after I reinserted all of them, the car did start as usual).


Today, for no apparent reason, my car would not start again. As I turned the ignition key, it made a sound as if the starter motor tried to start and then was shut down abruptly within a fraction of a second. Nothing like the sound if you try to start on a low battery. In fact, the battery is fully charged.


This time, I brushed by the fuses in the basic box firmly with my hand and retried starting the engine. After doing that, it did start (with a bit of effort first, I guess a few failed attempts may have drowned the engine). Now it starts immediately again and without any trouble, like it mostly always does.


I thought the problem would be in the starter motor fuse (no. 23) but after I removed that and turned the ignition key, nothing happened. Not even the sound of the starter motor starting, then being cut off. So I wonder where to look next. Which part of the car does something like that, maybe this has something to do with engine control? Or, could it be that the problem is something entirely different and I am looking in the wrong direction?


Does anyone have any experience with this kind of problem?

[Umai Naa!!]

Also take into consideration wear in the ignition switch.

[AALocksmiths]

It may not be the fuse panel. By removing the fuse and reconnecting it you would of cut power to something which can reset them, next time it happens try remove and put back one fuse at a time and try start it each time. I would think that it's going to be the fuse for the ECU.

When it doesn't start do any lights stay on the cluster? immo light?

Do you have anything to check the fault codes with?