No Start with clicking sound on 2006 F430 F1

By "lights", do you mean headlights, too?

What kind of battery do you have? There have been quite a few stories of Optima batteries failing prematurely since they shifted production to China.

Can you check your battery voltage? (with and without the charger on). For cars older than yours, I would normally recommend buying one of those cigarette lighter battery checkers, but your cigarette lighter may not be powered until the ignition is turned on (i.e. you don't get to see what the battery voltage is without a demand on it).

How old is your charger/conditioner?

 

It is possible your Ctek is acting up and allowed your battery to discharge. After the unplugging and reconnecting, it reset and started charging again. I have seen a similar condition with the factory Ferrari Ctek. For that reason I lost confidence in it, and started using the Granite Battery Saver brand tender. I also have a Griots Garage battery tender. Both work flawlessly.

 

What 355spider said. How old is your battery? It might be weak and on its way out.


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Just like any other component, a battery can be defective from brand new or fail very quickly. Just because a battery is only 1-2 years old doesn't mean that it is good. The CTEK unit that you have is not a battery charger, but a maintainer. It will slowly charge a good battery that was discharged, taking a period of a few days, but it will not bring a sulfated battery bad from a deep discharge.
Take the battery to a battery store and have them test it, or measure the voltage at the terminals while you are trying to crank it. If it drops below 10.5v during cranking, then it is time for a new battery.

Unless you are driving your car every day and then immediately putting it on the battery tender when you are done, then the battery is going to have a short life.
The original factory Ferrari batteries (Fiamm) are crap and most don't make it past the warranty period of the car.

I am 99.99% sure that you need a new battery. Get a good quality AGM battery (not an Optima) and keep the maintainer on it at all times and you will be fine

 

Brian, what is the solution for 430 Scuderia owners saddled with a battery tray formed to only accept the Optima red top 34R AGM battery? Get a regular F430 battery tray?

 

Just want to share my experience with the battery that came with my F430....every time the engine started the instrument cluster would display the upward arrows with the car above( suspension error) after the immediate restart this display would disappear.
My battery at that time was always on the factory charge..when measured voltage was observed it showed 12.7v after sitting this should indicate a very healthy battery but it was not the case. When testing the battery with a high end midtronics battery tester it said replace the battery...not even giving the option for recharge. I replaced the battery with a later generation interstate problem solved.
It never showed that error display again.
These vehicles are temperamental to battery wellness...as mentioned above.

 

The problem with a voltage test it is a less accurate test of battery capacity. The reason is there is a "float" or "surface" charge on the battery right after a drive or taking it off the battery tender. To get an accurate test by voltage, there is a procedure where you turn on the headlights for about 2 minutes. Then, turn them off and let the battery recover for a couple minutes, then do the voltage check. (I may have the procedure incorrect, but you get the idea). This takes that surface charge out, and gives a truer indication of battery capacity. Ultimately, I simply bought an electronic battery load tester, as this gives me a more accurate and repeatable test. They are not terribly expensive and very handy to have. I will perform this test every 6 months or so on my cars and truck and gives me early warning to a weak battery before it leaves me stranded. I discovered my truck battery was weak a few months ago and replaced it.

 

That is 100% correct.!
That is what the high end load testers are performing..like the midtronics.