Car never starts on 1st attempt, usually 2nd or 3rd?

JAFOOLY™

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I turn it on and it turns on and goes off again with just the battery light remaining on.

Please can someone tell me what could be wrong? It is a BMW 316i 1999. Cheers.
 
its ,weak battery or bad battery cables or cable ends or might be as simple as just loose cable ends on the battery post,,check your connections if they move with your hand than they are to loose take an adjustable wrench or plyers and tighten the nuts.bolts on the battery terminals ,,should take care of the problem ,,worse case could be either your starter going out or possibly,your key ignition switch in the steering colume could be getting bad ,,if you have a heavy set of keys which alot of people do can put added wieght on the ignition tumblers causing keys to have sloppy play in them and can and will eventually damage the ignition,,hope it helps
 
i would guess a fuel pump or filter. i need more info to be sure. to check if its a pump, turn the car to the on possition for a few seconds without starting it and say 15 or so seconds turn the key to the start possition. if it starts first try and stays running its the fuel pump. good luck.
 
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