Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

[SpicyMSP]

DAMIT MY CAR WONT START! SHIT..

/me runs to call AAA(deadhorse

[SpicyMSP]

Symptoms:

Clicking noises... when I go to turn the key. Car wont turn over. The lights on the dash work... Went to jump start the battery.. but the charger says the battery has full power.

[ZoomZoomH]

so you can't jumpstart it either?

[ChopstickHero]

starter problem??

[ZoomZoomH]

hi steph, long time no see (hi)

[SpicyMSP]

no I tried that. No luck. AAA Is coming to check out the car... but I called Vic (Dr.Sound) and he said he thought it was electrical.. the horn on my car started going off when I was messing around with shit.

[SpicyMSP]

hi steph, long time no see (hi)

hi n00b

[mooS mooS]

sounds like the flux capacitor is on the fritz .... might want to throw a few banana peels into Mr. Fusion

[boostdprotegelx]

a possible... alternator issue..

[Autox MSP]

this happend to my last msp a few times. If the car doesn't even turn, Unlock and lock the alarm a few times. Its most likely the alarm giving problems.

[SpicyMSP]

this happend to my last msp a few times. If the car doesn't even turn, Unlock and lock the alarm a few times. Its most likely the alarm giving problems.

hadnt thought of that. But I will give it a try when AAA leaves.

[k-lea]

Mine was acting up last night...

I am not too happy about that. :/

[livelyjay]

hadnt thought of that. But I will give it a try when AAA leaves.
Yeah, this happened to me a few times when disconnecting and reconnecting the battery. Good luck.

[NeverSober]

Yea I would try locking it and unlocking it....kinda sounds like the alarm......also try to reset the ecu.....


Chris

[peepsalot]

a possible... alternator issue..
doubtful

[MSP032879]

I had a similar problems with my old integra. I would'nt start sometimes, the door locks would flicker between lock and unlock pos. The shit wouldn't even let me out sometimes. I think she didn't like black people. I couldn't leave my keys in the car ever cuz if i did, the second i turn my back the doors would lock by themselves. Anway the way i fixed it was that pulled out the alarm box, took that beotch to a dealer and traded it in for my MSP. Now my alarm works fine.

[1sty]

Steph, `

If the car clicks and the lights work then the battery is fine. Also, that typcily means the alternator is fine since it properly charged the battery the last time the car was on. Not to mention, you can remove the alternator and the car will still start and run until the battery dies.

It might be the alarm. There are 2 ways to wire a starter interupt inside of an alarm or with an external relay. One is normaly open which means that if the alarm is not happy, then the starter wire is disconnected. This sucks if the alarm dies becuase that wire will never pass power until the alarm is fixed, replaced or removed. The other way is to have it wired normaly closed, which means so long as the alarm is not pissed, the car will start. So essentialy, the alarm must be going off to stop the car from starting so even if the alarm dies, the car still starts.

This brings us to what was clicking. If it was a realy under the dash, and the starter itself under the hood, then the alarm may be FUBR. If the clicking is from anything other then a relay for or within the alarm, then the alarm is not the issue. At that point it is either that the starter is dead, the spark plugs aren't firing, or you are not getting fuel to the engine.

[505zoom]

Close all doors, close hood and trunk, arm alarm, disarm alarm, arm/disarm again for good measure, open door, start car. Should work if your alarm isn't dead.

[mpsnightkid]

I had that same problem in my msp, and in my friends. It was something to do with the alarm, like a few people said. Just lock, arm, unlock make sure everything is closed. Its weird but its a common problem with some msp's.

[RenzoMSP]

I had this problem too. It was the alarm. I locked it and unlocked it a few times and it worked.

[PHRiSCo]

Yeah I bet it's the alarm/ignition kill!

I figured this one out months ago cause I'm cheap and I ain't calling no tow truck until I screw around with the car for an hour or so hahaha!

Lock, Unlock, Lock, Unlock, Open Door, Close Door, Lock, Unlock, Open Door, Start Car.

Up, Up, Down, Down, A, B, A, B, Select, Start.

Inifinite Lives muhahahaha!

*I'm bored.

[Captain KRM P5]

alarm system

[ChopstickHero]

it's actually ... Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A Start.

but it's all good. :)

[RenzoMSP]

it's actually ... Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A Start.

but it's all good. :)
Dayumn!

[PHRiSCo]

Damn it is I can't believe I forgot!

GOSH! IDIOT!

Your correction makes my clever post null and void, bastard! :)

[RenzoMSP]

Damn it is I can't believe I forgot!

GOSH! IDIOT!
You lose. You dont pass go or collect $200.

[mooS mooS]

it's actually ... Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A Start.

but it's all good. :)

Actually, it's

^ ^ V V < > < > B A SELECT start

You need to reset - no 30 lives for you

[peepsalot]

Actually, it's

^ ^ V V < > < > B A SELECT start

You need to reset - no 30 lives for you
That's only if you want to play 2 players. (cabpatch)

[ChopstickHero]

That's only if you want to play 2 players. (cabpatch)

yep!

[Ryoga28]

Maybe the ECU fuse blew (fuel box near the driver's side)

[ZenProtege]

if the check engine light comes on with key on engine off the ecu is working, she said her dashlights were working which makes that unlikely. If the ecu fuse was blown I imagine it will still turn over but not crank but I've never tried it so i don't know. This situation reminds me why a DVOM never leaves my car.

The alarm may be the culprit but my guess is the battery. I know the starter soleniod requires much less voltage to engage than the starter, and hearing that the soleniod was clicking leads me to believe the battery didn't have enough juice to spin the starter motor but engage the soleniod. The soleniod and starter are controlledby the same circuit aren't they? If they are then I don't see how the alarm would let one work and not the other

[peepsalot]

I had my ECU fuse blow once, and I don't remember it even clicking when I tried to start it. The coolant temp guage was pegged to the top(falsely) when I tried to start it.

If the battery has enough juice for the solenoid, but not the starter, then one way to tell I think would be to turn on your headlights and if they dim pretty much all the way when you turn the key then it's probably the battery. If they are not dimming too much when you try to start, then maytbe it is your starter or some other electrical problem like alarm that people have mentioned. (shrug)

[thejoker0409]

the alarm has a 20 fuse aswell that wa the prb with my car.

[ZenProtege]

the alarm has a 20 fuse aswell that wa the prb with my car.
translation

[thejoker0409]

The alarm unit has its own fuse my car would start and that was the reason. I replaced the fuse and the car started right up. Hope this helps Im not very car savy. The car should start if bypass the wiring harness just unplug the alarm part and just plug that end into the ignition if the car starts its the alarm.

[Brian MP5T]

was it the Fuse or the F-Ing alarm...

[thejoker0409]

was it the Fuse or the F-Ing alarm...

Its yellow and says "20" on it

Nevermind read your post wrong sorry

[SpicyMSP]

Well they jumpstarted the car and it started fine. Dont know if it will hold the charge yet.. but I will find out in due time. In addition.. I now have a howling noise coming from the engine bay.. sounds like a pressure leak of some kind. Is most pronounced when I accelerate (under boost), and after the turkey.
Lesson learned...never let your boyfriend borrow your car.

thanks for the help guys

[Brian MP5T]

it was your fat cock.

FAT COCK!

http://www.grounddogs.com/paintings/chicfatrooster.jpg

[hukster00]

i had it happen to me few times, it was eazly fixed with replacing the battery

[Rawyzf]

it's actually ... Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A Start.

but it's all good. :)

No...it's

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, a, b, a, b, select, start.

[orphman]

No...it's

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, a, b, a, b, select, start.


lol this is the first thread i read... lol you are correct...

[orphman]

Well they jumpstarted the car and it started fine. Dont know if it will hold the charge yet.. but I will find out in due time. In addition.. I now have a howling noise coming from the engine bay.. sounds like a pressure leak of some kind. Is most pronounced when I accelerate (under boost), and after the turkey.
Lesson learned...never let your boyfriend borrow your car.

thanks for the help guys


i may have missed this but... why didnt you compression start the beast...?

[Rawyzf]

lol this is the first thread i read... lol you are correct...

woot woot!

nintendo = nofriendo

[icespeed]

No...it's

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, a, b, a, b, select, start.

so very, very close...

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, a, b, b, a, select, start.

Contra was my only friend in the 80's

[Rawyzf]

Now I had to go look it up...here is what I found:


Three extra lives
Press Up(2), Down(2), Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A at the title screen. Then, press Start to begin the game in single player mode or Select + Start to begin in two player mode.

Thirty lives per continue
Press Up(2), Down(2), Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A before the demonstration begins at the title screen. Then, press Start to begin the game in single player mode or Select + Start to begin in two player mode.

Unlimited lives
Press Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, A, B, Select, Start when "Jungle" appears on the demonstration screen.

[JD32883]

That happened to me during the winter, i left my car at home for the week while i was at school. I go to start it and the dam thing goes nuts honking being a stupid slut that she is. So i gave her a jump start and everything was fine. Dont know just letting you know my problem.

[Amemiya]

That sucks really bad.

['Sploder]

k something similar is happening to me. I wired in a TT last week, and now things are going funky. Yesterday she was acting wierd. When I stopped the car (even tho the tt wasn't running the engine - it was off) I get out and lock the car with the key fob, but the park lights (orange fronts and my brakes) and my dash lights as well as my little alarm light stayed on. I had to disconnect the battery to get them to go off.

Then I'm at a party and when I left (I had to reconnect the battery due to the light issue) I couldn't move my car without the alarm going off. I tried all the lock unlock arm rearm stuff but nothing worked. One time she wouldn't start, the other she started but when I moved the horn went nuts. I figured this was something I messed up with the tt so I reconnected the alarm wire that has to be cut so it can be armed when the engine is running. This fixed the horn/alarm problem (or enough to get me home anyways) but the lights still stayed on when I shut the engine off.

I'm gonna work on it some more today.