Originally Posted by spclark

In July of '23 said Clubman 'died' in a parking lot 9 miles from home. Even bump-starting wouldn't get it going, yet the battery was fine! Turned out there was a small, brained copper ground wire betwixt the starter and its solenoid that had corroded in the ten years since I'd bought it. Fully exposed underneath to all kinds of environmental contaminants like the salt used on Midwestern roads in winter, it finally succumbed hence stopped grounding the solenoid. Seems this factor had some effect on the CANBUS electronics that also disabled the ignition system so even bump-starting this 6-speed manual equipped vehicle was rendered impossible.