Transit MK7 starting?

[Furyblade_Lee]

Hi guys I have a 2007 2.2 diesel FWD Transit, and it has an intermittent starting fault. I am convinced that it is a relay under the glovebox as when it does start I hear a click under there and when it doesn't I can't! Symptoms on failing is similar to a flat battery, half a revolution of the starter motor then silence.... Anyone know which relay may cause this?

[RazerSauber]

RetroRestore on YouTube had this on a similar era Transit. I think it turned out to be a starter motor clean and a new battery.

[MattCharlton91]

Mine occasionally does it, and my dads one does quite often. It’s nothing that we can trace oddly!

[STO]

If the starter keeps clicking rather than engaging it could be the ignition switch, try wiggling the key up and down whilst trying to start it.

[DrDeAtH]

Ignition switch on the MK7 was a common fault. A new switch is about 15 quid from memory. Fix it in under half an hour.

[Furyblade_Lee]

Just for the record, this fall was traced to the tiny round terminal on the starter solenoid... It had a hairline crack in it, a new 2p terminal sorted it!!