URGENT! CAR IS ON HIGHWAY BROKEN DOWN help IT WONT START

checked everything like leads on battery, alternator, all that jazz?

 

Call RAC or Tow Truck. Fix the initial problem of being a target for malicious vandalism by removing from side of road and getting towed to somewhere safe, then work out the solutions for the mechanical issues. Spending a little bit on towing will far outway your car possibly getting vandalised and then claiming insurance and paying excess etc etc.

 

having full road side assist pays it self off

 

ya done trouble code test ????????/

 

does it crank over normally?
Is the red mode LED flashing when you are cranking?
Has your remote been working normally?
check your electrical connections especially the 3 plugs on drivers side under bonnet near windscreen
possibly crank angle sensor, pour some cold water around the bottom pulley

 

swirl pot? air in fuel lines?

 

I reckon you have a crook key. Sometimes it "talks" to the computer....sometimes not. When it doesn't talk, the engine can't get the signal to activate and fire; it's as though someone is trying to steal your car by using a foreign key....it just won't fire. Get a replacement just like your codes are indicating.

 

if you have a bad key head, the car should turn over but not start. Or sometimes start for a split second then cut out. If that's the case, press unlock on your keyhead right before turning the key in the barrel. This bypasses the computer checking if the keyhead is earthed to the ignition barrel.

 

the key being dodgy wouldnt explain it cutting out 'while' driving thou, once the security's switched off and ignitions turned on, the security stays off till the ignition is off for 20ish sec's or till ya lock it with the button... (thats with my vt anyway)

 

True... very true

 

Hi mate your symptoms sounds like fuel pump could possibly be dying, one way to check is get a mate to bang the fuel tank fairly hard with a rubber mallot or hand while cranking over the engine, if it starts after some whacking then its likely the fuel pump. Good luck, and roadside assistance would be handy.

 

actually- it sounds exactly like the probs i had with my old vl, cut out randomly, start randomly, not start, start, and it was the crank angle sensor . (like lout suggested)

 

yeah could possibly be crank angle sensor or even cam angle sensor, ignition leads, blocked fuel filter, keyhead and probably heaps more, I've had and overcome all problems I've mentioned (sometimes twice) in a vt with over 470000 k's. I'm pretty sure cam sensor is easy, fuel pump 1 hour from mechanic + $75 for pump, fuel filter is easily changed, leads easily changed keyhead easy fix and crank angle sensor was easyish if ur confident with mechanics but still costly and involved. once again good luck with the hunt. Also just give a general look at electrical connections/earths and making sure nothing is loose (can't hurt even if its not the problem right now)

 

EDIT: could possibly be called cam position sensor

 

sounds like typical crank angle sensor symptoms. pretty common on ecotecs.

 

i think its your dfi plug on your harness pull it off and look at the holes where all the pins slot into if they look shitty and all over the place its most likely that if it is just go to holden and get a new plug there like
$20 get a auto elec to put it in if your not to good on the tools