Hey guys.
What could cause my car live it's own life?
Problem started this morning when I wanted to drive to work. It was ok yesterday but this morning it didn't start up. When key is turned, something make clicking noise, lights on a dash flickers and fuel pump priming noise is waving. Bad wire connection somewhere or what? Engine cranks fine, then starts for a bit, shakes and stall. Now my car switches on/off alarm, releys and I noticed, even high beams.
itself. So I disconnected the battery terminal to stop this @!#$.
Please help with advice, this was my snow rally super car yesterday, but now it is damn spooking.
When something made a clicking sound, was it like a dead battery click, or was it one click, than try to start it again and got one click.
Low battery voltage could be the reason for all your issues, get it load tested
- 2004 Cavalier - 124k, owned since new
Battery is fully loaded and it crancks engine fine, but it won't fire up. I guess it is not a battery fault. Yesterday, when I turned the key and crancked the engine I noticed speedometer was jumping from 0 to 60 very quickly up and down. When I turned the key off, it stoped at 20 mph. Something is engaging releys and dash lights on its own. Could it be engine control module causing this? or not?
First guess would be bad ignition switch. Contacts are done and now making random or no contact.
They are cheap and easy, start there.
Dave
Update.
Left the car sit for a week because hadn't time to mingle with it. Today took a minute and tried to start it with no luck, but noticed the CEL flickering when key turned on (other dashlights too). I moved the ground from the corroded battery tray to a frame hoping that may have better connection. It didn't result.
Seems others are having similar problem.
http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=11&i=151585&t=151585
Any ideas?
Today I changed a ground wire itself, it made my car to start at least, however it sputtered and backfired. So, it starts and dies, do not hold RPM. When it backfired I heard noise like a dish hits the ground and brakes in pieces couple op times...could it be a catalytic converter? Took a car for a ride and it was stalling every time when accelerator is released.
