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taylortrans 05-20-2009 12:14 PM

Car wont start
 
well lets begin at the begining.. woke up went ouside, tried to start car. car didnt start.

so the car was fine yesterday, no issues at all. and again like i said just went outside to start the car this morning and nothing. i mean its turning over, but its not even trying to start. all you hear is the motor turning and the starter. any thing i sould check before calling the tow truck to come get it and take it to the shop.
o and all fuses are ok, and car has fuel. no check engine lights were on yesterday at all

shadycrew31 05-20-2009 07:15 PM

put the key in the ignition hold the odo rest button turn the car to on position while holding the reset button wait till you see test the take out the key and try to start it again.

Solution 2 is to pop the clutch while going down a hill assuming its an auto.

Jon316G 05-20-2009 08:35 PM


Originally Posted by shadycrew31 (Post 3031218)
put the key in the ignition hold the odo rest button turn the car to on position while holding the reset button wait till you see test the take out the key and try to start it again.

Umm... what will going into the diagnostic screen do? :uhh:

shadycrew31 05-20-2009 10:19 PM

resets the pcm. well a portion of it.

When I was going to colorado my throttle cut out on me no overheat had plenty of fuel nothing to explain it.

I reset my pcm and bingo car fires right up.

Jon316G 05-20-2009 11:43 PM


Originally Posted by shadycrew31 (Post 3031550)
resets the pcm. well a portion of it.

Holding the odometer button doesn't reset anything... sorry.
You can read what its really used for in my DIY:
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-do-yourself-forum-73/diy-diagnostic-outputs-155947/

shadycrew31 05-21-2009 02:43 AM

huh interesting maybe i had a poopy sensor who knows. good info though.

Jon316G 05-21-2009 02:37 PM

teknics made an excellent DIY for how to properly clear the NVRAM and KAM:
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-trouble-shooting-95/real-way-clear-memory-169443/

Its a good read and should help clear any confusions.

shadycrew31 05-21-2009 02:46 PM

Yea I re-read that. I swear I read something that used to refer to the odo reset button.

oh wells.

follow that link kid.

Socket7 05-21-2009 04:26 PM

You didn't shut the engine off while it was cold yesterday did you?

I second attempting to push start the car.


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