Problems Continue - 05 C6 No Start
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St. Jude Donor '08
When I diagnose a problem, I like to say - it worked yesterday, it doesn't work today, what's changed in that time....that usually leads me to the problem.
Could be worse, I understand surgeons leave metal objects in patients sometimes!
Could be worse, I understand surgeons leave metal objects in patients sometimes!
Le Mans Master
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From: DFW TX
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Drifting
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From: North Carolina
I am happy the car is running and I am happy to be driving it. I put 300 miles on it in the past couple of days... all problem free driving. But I have to be honest I am afraid to go really far just in case.
What i did do was tighten down the fuse block harness. It wasn't loose but it wasn't tight either. Hoping maybe they messed with this and tightening it will "fix" the problem.
No issues yet... I will just have to keep driving and see.
DG
Racer
Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Del Rio tx
I have an 05 Coupe auto 98000 miles and it had very similar symptoms almost exactly the same. After getting worse and stranding me more and more. I took it to the dealership and they found a bad wire from the computer to the fuse box. So far i have had zero problems, starts everytime and have gained confidence in it starting and no longer think as i push the button(is it going to start). The strangest part of my story is the first post of this thread is the same day that mine failed for the first time. Anyway i believe the fuse box is the culprit. Good luck
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Drifting
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: North Carolina
I have an 05 Coupe auto 98000 miles and it had very similar symptoms almost exactly the same. After getting worse and stranding me more and more. I took it to the dealership and they found a bad wire from the computer to the fuse box. So far i have had zero problems, starts everytime and have gained confidence in it starting and no longer think as i push the button(is it going to start). The strangest part of my story is the first post of this thread is the same day that mine failed for the first time. Anyway i believe the fuse box is the culprit. Good luck
DG
Cruising
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Hi Danspeed1....Battery..800 CCA with 120 reserve.....AC Delco size 78 will fit.....If I have any more problems, I' going with the Steering column lock module replacement. I priced the part in Staten Island , N.Y. and it is $240..recently.....Don't know how many hours the dealer charges for the job....I guess we get welcomed to the club......
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Cruising
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It actually is not a recall, I wish it was. You must be thinking of the active handling "clip" install last year sometime. It is just something GM turns their cheek to because they know the steering column lock is a POS and it should have never been put in the 2005 C6. If you go back and research it was removed for the 2006 model year.
OP: Is your car a MN6? When this happens next time I want you to wiggle the steering wheel and see if it is locked. If it's not then the SCL has disengaged (which is a problem). Then pop the hook, with a 10mm socket unhook the positive terminal of the battery and count to 10. Then hook the positive terminal back up and try to start the car. If it fires up, odds are it's the steering column lock.
OP: Is your car a MN6? When this happens next time I want you to wiggle the steering wheel and see if it is locked. If it's not then the SCL has disengaged (which is a problem). Then pop the hook, with a 10mm socket unhook the positive terminal of the battery and count to 10. Then hook the positive terminal back up and try to start the car. If it fires up, odds are it's the steering column lock.
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5th Gear
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Hi Tikiman, I have exact same problem and car, and found this thread. On Battery do not suggest that unnecessary. In a fraction of the time an no cost just jumper cable another running car to it, which is what I did and had zero effect. That eliminates the battery as cause. I have not got to the bottom of this thread, but just like thread starter gauges went dead while driving (kept driving) and has never started since, had to be towed home. The lights inside work, until push starter button they go off and nothing happens, ten secs later the interior lights come back on. So this is a very specific problem and glad found this thread. The other fellow bought a battery and it did him no good as logically it would not if they had jumped it first.
Cheers
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Its getting warmer here in New York and I want to take the car out of storage, get it fixed and drive it. I put a new battery in the car over the winter. That did not resolve the problem. I got in it today hoping it would start and it did the same thing it always does. So I decided to print out this thread and go post by post and try to find the problem. First thing I did was check the starter cable which looked new, and was not damaged or melted in anyway. Next I began checking all the wires in the engine compartment. I figured it was possible a mouse got in there at some point and chewed a wire up. Engine is clean and there were NO damaged wires under hood. Spent a good half hour checking each harness. Then I got to a post that recommended I check fuses. I found this to be unlikely but I decided to do it anyway. Upon opening the panel on the drivers side kick/fuse panel I realized that I was not the last one in there. The stereo guy had also apparently been in that area. And he left me one of his tools. Apparently he had been using a really strong magnet tool to do something under my dash. When I found the magnet it was laying on top of my fuse box stuck to the metal plate next to my fuses. I pulled the magnet off and hit the start button. The car fired right up. I really don't think this is going to be that easy. I took the car out for a 50 mile ride and shut it and started it about 8 times. Fired up every time... no cluster fail, no MIL. Is it possible this was really causing all of my problems?? Or am i destined to spend more time by the side of the road.
P.S. My stereo is not working for some reason... but I couldn't care less.
DG
P.S. My stereo is not working for some reason... but I couldn't care less.
DG
Am guessing that is my problem, glad someone has come up with simple and cheap solution.
Drifting
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From: S.D. CA
Just have this service done .... I've gotten stuck even with the eliminator installed.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1598480464
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1598480464
