After almost 3 years of trouble free driving I finally encountered my first problem this weekend. Both times it happened after I had stopped the car for about 10-15 minutes to pick up stuff at the store. The car would just not start anymore. The engine would not even turn. The push button would just toggle between off and accessories. After 10 to 20 tries it finally started both times. Good thing because it was minus 25C outside. What I know is:
-it's not a bad battery in the fob, I know about the fob next to the button trick, it does not work.
-yes I'm in park.
-yes I'm depressing the brake pedal.
When I get in the car, the key indicator in the dash lights green so the key is detected fine. As soon as I depress the brake the key dash light turns red and the light on the button blinks amber. According to the manual this indicates a problem with the push button ignition system.
The problem is intermittent which is bad for diagnosis but the second time this happened the check engine light came on which is good because it should help the techs find what's wrong.
I'm bringing the car in tomorrow (they had no openings today) and I still have to start the car three times until then, so hopefully I don't get stuck at work tonight. I've read in the manual that when this happens you can force the car to start with a long push of the start button, but it does not say how long. We'll see. Wish me luck!
Any ideas what I could suggest to the tech tomorrow?
-it's not a bad battery in the fob, I know about the fob next to the button trick, it does not work.
-yes I'm in park.
-yes I'm depressing the brake pedal.
When I get in the car, the key indicator in the dash lights green so the key is detected fine. As soon as I depress the brake the key dash light turns red and the light on the button blinks amber. According to the manual this indicates a problem with the push button ignition system.
The problem is intermittent which is bad for diagnosis but the second time this happened the check engine light came on which is good because it should help the techs find what's wrong.
I'm bringing the car in tomorrow (they had no openings today) and I still have to start the car three times until then, so hopefully I don't get stuck at work tonight. I've read in the manual that when this happens you can force the car to start with a long push of the start button, but it does not say how long. We'll see. Wish me luck!
Any ideas what I could suggest to the tech tomorrow?