Hey all, before i get flamed, searched under brant and went through 3 pages, still havnt found anyone in the same situation as me, close, but not the same.

So i live in Karratha, car is in perth.
My bro calls me sunday morning to tell me my car wont start.
I tell him to jump in and try start it so i can hear what it is doing (my brother is useless with these things)

He turns the ignition and the starter motor kicks in but just makes really loud clicking sounds, kinda like when you try start it with out the pin code entered (he didnt enter the pin code because the brant didnt ask for it. Normally always does)

He cant tell me if the fuel pump is priming (he isnt sure what that sounds like) and i cant hear it on the phone.

First off he tells me the eletrics are doing all kinds of wierd things, sometimes when the key is put into the ignition all the dash lights pop up like normal and the CD player turns on, then sometimes only the CD player and no dash lights, only the gauges work and when he leaves the key in the on position the CD player just turns on and off randomly.

windows go up and down fine, HID head lights etc all work

So i ask him what the key pad is doing, he says there is no lights on, i tell him to turn it off and turn it back on, then he has lights, its in valet mode, i tell him to turn the car off and on to get it to the point to put the pin in, he got 6 times in then nothing 3 times in a row and it re set its self to 10 starts in valet mode!

So i tell him to try again, eventually it works, got it to the pin mode, thought it would work (found a few posts where this worked) he put the pin in, everything lights up like normal (not sure if fuel primed, couldnt hear it on the phone....) gives the key a turn... and nothing, just kicking over but not firing

I have the Brant in it still (Doh... should of changed it before when i had the chance, will be done ASAP now) it is set up for normal operation, put the 4 digit pin in every time you start etc. As i only drive it every month or so its no big deal.

Im thinking of changing the battery first as i think its over due and its kind of the eaisest thing and my bro could do it.
I read somewhere on the forums that said the brant doesnt like a dieing battery and it goes into valet mode when this is happening, can anyone comfirm?

Anyone have any thoughts or think they could lend a hand?
I fly down to perth this saturday so i can look at it then, but dont know if i can fix it before the Colin McRae cruise on sunday!

Really want to get this sorted asap, any suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated