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Starting the car issues

Tiny
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  • 2004 MINI ONE
  • 1.2L
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  • 89,000 MILES
When I stalled my car in reverse I turned off the engine to restart it while my foot was on the pedal brake. I then turned it back on and it was moving forward with the e brake up and the lights inside were flickering and making a strange noise.
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 AT 10:45 AM

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Tiny
KEN L
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It sounds like the engine was not running so the power brakes were not working allowing he car to roll? The flcking lights sounds like a bad battyer or a bad connection at the battery lets go over these guides to see whats happens.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-battery-load-test

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/everything-goes-dead-when-engine-is-cranked

Please run down these guides and report back

Cheers, Ken

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Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 AT 1:03 PM

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