Hope you get that resolved. I have a 2011 and have no delay what so ever. Lights pop on when I press the driver door handle and she is all ready to fire up. Should not be any delay. Sounds like a trip to the dealer would be time well spent.

 

Ant21b,

Did you get any resolution with your problem? Our '05 auto vette has a similar (if not the same) issue.

Normal operation would be open door, get in, foot on brake pedal, push start, car starts.

Intermittently the car won't start right:
Open door, get in, foot on brake pedal, push start, 1/8 of a crank, engine light on, no start. Wait 15-20 seconds w/o doing anything the dash comes alive, seat/steering wheel move into memory position. After that, foot on brake pedal, push start, car starts.

This started happening 2 weeks after we got it (used last summer) and the dealer swapped the powertrain/ignition relay and it hasn't happened in 5 months. Just last week it started again. I replaced the relay and it worked for about 3-4 days, now it's intermittent again.

I could try to video it, but who knows when it may happen again.

Anyone?

 

shrekviper,

Have you contacted the dealer to let them know that you are experiencing the concern again? Please keep me posted and contact me if you need further assistance. Thank you.

Tricia, Chevrolet Customer Service.

 

Neither the dealer we bought if from nor the one we normally go to (closer to us) know what it might be. All they did last time was replace the powertrain/ignition relay and it was fine for 5 months.

I'm waiting for a good time to drop it off so they can tinker.

I was reading that reflashing the BCM might help, but those posts were for 6-speed cars. Computers are frustrating.

 

I tried and tried and tried to catch the car in the act, but it always started when the camera was rolling. It's my wife's DD so I she just kept telling me it would happen.

Well, it finally gave up the goods. I posted this video on YouTube of what's going on. It's a little different than before because now it won't even start. Usually, I press start once, it clicks, wait 10 seconds, electronics power up, press again and it starts. I guess the battery is so low now that it won't start at all.

http://youtu.be/UdAnXr3Su74

Any clue to what's the problem? New/reflash BCM? Another relay? Something's draining the battery. Notice the battery is 11.2 volts now...

Charging and waiting for any ideas.

 

Well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I sold my 06 to someone local. I told him that if he had ANY issues with the car to just call me and I would help him fix it. The battery went dead once and I had to help him index the windows and he had a blown fuse for the seat heater circuit. Nothing big as the car has always been well cared for when I owned it.

Then,,,, One day he calls me with your EXACT SAME issue. The brightly lit check engine over a completely DARK IPC is scary.

We messed around with it for an hour or so and I found out that if I disconnect the battery NEGATIVE terminal for a few minutes and reconnect it, it would start. I also cycled the ignition switch thru OFF, START, ACC repeatedly and it would sometimes start.

I told him that I thought something was wrong with the BCM and that it most likely needs to be replaced. He drove it straight to the dealer and YEP,,,,,,, Thats what they said too. IN FACT,,,,, it seems like its whats wrong on a WHOLE LOT of C6's. The BCMs were back ordered!!! Check the availability of that BCM before you drop it off.

So,, that may be what you need to do to resolve your issue...

Good luck my friend.

Bill

 

Bill,

Thanks for the info. I'll call the dealer today and see if they've got one. I'll update the post if it fixes it...

Scott

 

Dropped it off at the stealer...we'll see.

 

The service department found the positive battery cable that goes to the starter solenoid was loose and had been loose for a while (my guess is before we bought it last summer). The connection shook and vibrated so much that the post (bolt) had been ruined and they couldn't just tighten it. Even better, they can't replace just the post or solenoid, only the entire starter! They also have to replace the cable so the total will be ~$950. I think that's before the 10% discount coupon I gave the. We'll see tomorrow.

 

They replaced the starter and positive battery cable and it's worked fine all weekend. I'll post if anything happens again.

Lesson Learned...everyone go check that cable! It could save you a grand.

 

Wow! I had that EXACT SAME problem yesterday with my 05 coupe! Ill check that! Thank you

 

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/foru...s-or-more.html