# The Car Won't Start

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-car-wont-start/246284
**Category:** random
**Created:** [December 9, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-car-wont-start/246284 "2007-12-09T15:45:51Z")
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### Author: ![indiasfinest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5e9695/32.png) [@indiasfinest](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/indiasfinest)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-car-wont-start/246284/1 "2007-12-09T15:45:51Z")

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Normally I would accept a battery problem and move on, but after connecting 3 different jumper cables (2 of those boxes and 1 actually to a car) at once, the electronics would work but the engine would just sputter like crazy and then die. Here is how it went down:

> My BMW recently stopped starting. At first, the car would not respond electronically in any way. I had to use the key inside the remote to open the door. Then, I called BMW assist and they had a man come and try to jump it. He managed to get the lights and electronics to come on, but when I tried to start the engine, it sputtered like crazy and then just died. The speedometer read “Parking Break Fault” and something about lack of power. It sounded horrible when I tried to start it, it would rev up and and down, and then eventually just die. I just left the car there for now and will be calling BMW as soon as possible. Any ideas as to what exactly is wrong? I’m leaning heavily toward a battery issue but the speedo read parking break and insuffiecent power problems, the first one raises more concern. Has anyone had any incidents like this with 05’ 745s?

Help?