I turned off the car, mistakenly left in Reverse. Went into the house for a few hours. Came out placed the car into Park, car would not turn over. NO turn over at all. I have a Push start model. It's like the car is in the Immobilizier mode. Battery would not jump, replace battery this morning, still nothing same problem as before. Any ideas?
Car not starting or turning over indicates towards multiple possibilities.
It can be issue with battery or weak battery. But if battery checks out ok, then
it can be starter issue or faulty alternator or problem with low fuel pressure or
no spark at spark plugs due to dirty spark plugs or faulty ignition
coil or injectors getting cracked or dirty and needs to be cleaned. To confirm the problem, the basic troubleshooting is required. Click this link below and follow the troubleshooting:------ http://technoanswers.blogspot.in/2012/02/car-starting-issues.html --------- This will help.
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If the car ran and got you home after a jump start I doubt the alternator is bad. Check your battery. And remember never ever disconnect the battery cable with the engine running.
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charge or replace the car battery as low volts can cause this type of fault
to move re place the battery leads turn on dash lights put foot on brake and put in in neutral as there is a elec lock on the gear stick opperated by brake padel
SOURCE: refuses to start even with a jump/new battery etc..
It cranks but won't fire? Possible Fuel pump. Do you have access to a fuel pressure gauge?
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While your car is running, measure the voltage at your battery terminals. If the alternator is wotking, it should measure over 13 volts, since the battery is really low. On a healthy battey the voltage is around 14.5 volts when the engine is running. If the car is running and you measured 12.6 volts or less, change the alternator. I have actually worked on a lexus ls400 with exact same problem. I had rebuilt the alternator myself to save the customer on parts. Because altenator is not cheap on lexus. There is an ace hardware by my shop where they carried some carbon brush, all you got to do is file it down to fit, and solder them. Of course you have to open the alternator to do that. The brushes cost about a few bucks. You can buy these at auto parts too but not for that particular alternator. Auto parts like to make money and would rather sell you the whole thing. LOL
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To determine your battery problem or your alternater problem not providing charge enough, you can:
1-Measure Voltage of your battery without the engine on. It should be 12.3V.
2- Measure Voltage of your battery with the engine on. It should be 13.4 V
3- Your readings come out low than reference then you have a faulty parts to replace.
4- Before replacing a battery, charge it up to 12 hours with house charger to see if you can salvage it. If it is not fully charged, then replace it.
5- The cost of a charger is compatible to a new battery, If you don't have one then just replace the battery if it over 5 years.
6- If you don't have multimeter to do the test, bring the car to Autozone to test, it is free.
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