Occasional No Start
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Occasional No Start
My car has been at the dealership for a week.
The problem, on occasions, the car simply won't start. The engine turns over fine, but won't start. If I leave the car sit for a period of time it will start up fine. This period can be from a 10 minute wait to 48 hours.
The service tech said the car appears to being losing fuel pressure and has throughly checked everything. At first he said it may be the fuel pump, but now believes it's my alarm system causing the problem. It's a Viper Alarm model #560XV I doubted him, but could this be true or
. It turns over but just won't start.
When it won't start, everything else works fine.
Once while driving on the inter-state, the car just quit. I pulled off to the berm and it fired right up. All has happened in the past 3 weeks.
2001 Coupe
THANKS
The problem, on occasions, the car simply won't start. The engine turns over fine, but won't start. If I leave the car sit for a period of time it will start up fine. This period can be from a 10 minute wait to 48 hours.
The service tech said the car appears to being losing fuel pressure and has throughly checked everything. At first he said it may be the fuel pump, but now believes it's my alarm system causing the problem. It's a Viper Alarm model #560XV I doubted him, but could this be true or
. It turns over but just won't start. When it won't start, everything else works fine.
Once while driving on the inter-state, the car just quit. I pulled off to the berm and it fired right up. All has happened in the past 3 weeks.
2001 Coupe
THANKS
Last edited by trickflow; Dec 9, 2007 at 10:57 AM.
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Nope,,,if the car CRANKS Fine but wont fire, it not the theft deterrent relay nor the starting /charging circuits or componets. I had a similar issue with my 98 MN6 Coupe. It ended up being corroded grounds!
My symptoms were:
1. Traction control light on the dash would be ON when ignition was ON.
2. When you turn the key to ON, you would NOT hear the customary 2 second wherrr of the fuel pump upon ignition ON.
3. The car would CRANK all day but would NOT fire. Just like you, I would let it set for a while or crank it in short burst and finally it would get the fuel pump run signal and start and run.
Cleaning Chassis Grounds: G101, 102, 104 solved the issue!
If its the grounds that are causing, cleaning is simple and FREE!
Don't know what the aftermarket alarm is wired to KILL when it goes into an alarm mode but, it should be easy to figure it out and disconnect it.
BC
My symptoms were:1. Traction control light on the dash would be ON when ignition was ON.
2. When you turn the key to ON, you would NOT hear the customary 2 second wherrr of the fuel pump upon ignition ON.
3. The car would CRANK all day but would NOT fire. Just like you, I would let it set for a while or crank it in short burst and finally it would get the fuel pump run signal and start and run.
Cleaning Chassis Grounds: G101, 102, 104 solved the issue!
If its the grounds that are causing, cleaning is simple and FREE!
Don't know what the aftermarket alarm is wired to KILL when it goes into an alarm mode but, it should be easy to figure it out and disconnect it.
BC
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