Another vt wont start
Hey guys need ur experience help when i turn the ignition over nothing happens lights on dash light up normal , now and then i can get it to crank for a quick second then shuts off straight away.most of the time i get no crank. also another thing is that i can no longer lock the steering wheel. My partner said the buttons of the key seem to not to be working also.
Tap the starter motor as you turn the key, it maybe broketed.
Worth will checking starter motor it sounds like could be that, spark could also be it, how longs it been since been serviced?
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You could have a broken key (engine immobilizer chip) or a broken ignition barrel. When the key turns in the ignition does it feel like it moves for freely then what it used to. If you have no resistance for when you push it into the start position it is generally a broken key. Got another key laying around?
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it could be the starter since it tried starting but just to make sure its not ya immobilizer get some contact cleaner on the ignition barrel contacts and the key.. get a big spanner and knock the starter solenoid which is the little cylinder attached to the stater.. give it 5 semi hard knocks and try that if nothing happens check the battery with a multi meter and the terminals on the starter is all is ok then its ya starter.
Thanks for the responses as the car park in a tight spot did have much time right now so i got to the starter motor and hit with my spanner , the car then cranked 3 times need 4 i think to start the car but just shut off , after the first try i get no crank after abit of waiting now and then can get it 1 or 2 cranks ova but never a long a crank to start the car. if it is that starter is it easy to reach to and replace for a diy homey
That could be another issue also as some times the key when inserted wouldn't turn had to remove key out and in to get it to turn . not sure why i cant lock the steering wheel alsoOriginally Posted by S.T.K.E
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Hmmm i would say mate that if its cranking the first time, but not cranking the next it seems that it's time for a new starter motor. You'll would have noticed by now if it was a broken ignition barrel. How ever the immobilizer may still be on the cards
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easy diy.. jack that baby up and get to it from under neath
cheers will give it a go nothing else i have to remove while underneath ? its a vt v6 auto , also if steering wheel wouldn't lock is my barrel stuffed ? could that be another issue also ? same day when this happend the buttons of the key are not working or giving any signal to the car.
mine decided it would fire once then stop. Then nothing. Remove key. nothing. Get out, lock car. Get back in try again, same story.
It was the body control module refusing to recognise the key. $500 later plus 2 new keys at $75 each and it goes again. Bloody technology. Bloody holden. Bloody, bloody. Not happy, Jan.
cheers
fellow shit box vt owners.
Jim
ps. if this was the only trouble this complete heap of shit had given me I would just say "oh well" but this is about the last straw. 2 x dfi modules. 3 x coils, 1 x coil, 1 x diff, 2 x cracked heads, body control module, coil spring (air bag light on), complete front end bushes, plus normal consumables = tyres, batteries, brakes, headlight globes, every other conceivable globe, etc,etc.
well 8 hours later tried again and it cranked ova more then 4 times i had to the pedal to start and it did ! alot of white smoke came out 5 secs of it never had to do this before. car seem to be starting everytime for now . now its parked at home lol gonna leave it overnight. n now my car key buttons work well only locking n boot not sure locking doesnt.
sounds like wat mines doing (a vt im fixing up)
turn the key itt cranks, even starts then dies then try againg then nothing not even crank, wait and then it does it again etc over and oveer again, just wont run grr. However if i short out the starter it works fine (still doesnt start) just cranks over fine with no stopping.
im pretty sure its the key though (buttons dnt work) but yeh will find out wen i get the key programed on monday (140 later)
even if i need a new bcm aparently cause its a really early vt (98) its hard to get one?
meh ill get it going eventally hehe
yeh mine was a bad key after all lol, 140 bucks he charged, now i need to redo the eaths on the car as its got shit earth hahaha
hi guys, my vt is doing something similar. it was giving me a bit of grief turning the key over the last few weeks, put key in, wont turn, pull out put back in and it would turn eventually. central locking playing up ( a good tap on the key and it would work) so when i jumped into it yesterday and turned the key and nothing happened (complete lack of resistance in the ingnition, it felt very loose) i assumed key.....took it to mr minit to text the battery in the key and he said the key appears fine......should i now be looking into the ignition barrel? or will holden be able to tell me more about the key?
any advice would be great as i have to fix it myself....
cheers
Nikki
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needs new ignition switch and barrel. you'll find theres a bit on the back of the barrel that goes into the switch snapped off.
thanks wamboin23
your spot on, have got it sorted now!
cheers!
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yeah its quite a common problem. good to hear its sorted
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