Hi All,
Not been on the forum for a while, up until now the car has been running fine, but tonight the starter motor failed whist in the middle of the countryside after taking the dog for a walk...typical
The starter motor didn't give any signs of failure it just stopped working. So I called the RAC and the guy did all the usual checks like tapping the starter motor with a bar and rocking the car back and forward to see if it was stuck.
In the end, he towed the car up an incline and I bump started it and it started fine - so it looks like it is the starter motor.

Anyway, without sending you to sleep with my tales of woe, the mechanic mentioned a braded wire on the starter motor that corrodes and fails - he'd seen it on a Multipla but not on a Stilo .
Has anyone heard of this problem ??