![]() Certainly more than the tiny wires running to the ignition switch can handle. In any case, the switch “tells” the starter circuit to engage.īut the starter itself requires a lot of power. On older vehicles, the signal is an electrical current (like a light switch in your house) on newer vehicles, the signal may be an electronic impulse sent to the vehicle’s computer. Like most of the switches in your vehicle, the ignition switch controls only a low-powered signal, in this case to start the engine. When you turn the key to start your car, you are activating the ignition switch. This could be a sign that your car’s starter relay – or starter solenoid – has gone bad. But since the dash lights and the radio and the headlamps seem to be working, maybe something else is the culprit. The engine won’t turn over and your car won’t start. Turn the key in the ignition and… nothing. Then I tried starting the truck again, and it roared to life.Climb into your car. That set off some whirring noises underneath the dash that lasted about 3 seconds. I got back in the truck to see if the engine would turn over even one time.nothing. Hmmm.what next? I got out of the truck and I tightened the nut holding the cable to the negative battery terminal. I tried to start the car, but it was dead. Then I reached under the dash, along the left side kick plate, and I pushed the little button. I fumbled the key into the ignition, and I turned the key clockwise-but not far enough to try and start the truck.ģ. I dashed to the driver's side door, grabbed the key, and jumped in. I put the negative battery cable back on the battery, which immediately set of the unnervingly loud car alarm.Ģ. With the negative cable unhooked, I opened the driver's side door and I put the ignition key on the front seat. Okay, I got the alarm to shut up, so I thought I would report what worked for future searchers. (I also had trouble with a link to an O2 sensor replacement tutorial on this site, so it seems like the links on this site are screwed up.)Ĭlick to expand.Yes, I would like to. Audio/Video & Security FAQ.īut the link went somewhere else, and I was unable to find that FAQ. I found a post on this forum asking a similar question, and one answer said that the alarm needed to be reset, and the instructions were at a link named: There is a red light (which is not a button) that is built into the dash to the left of the steering wheel, and it flashes when the alarm goes off. Under the dash there is a little black box that has the following on it: Pushing the little button doesn't stop the alarm, and the ignition is dead as well. But if I hook up the negative battery cable, then open the driver's side door, the alarm goes off. I tried pushing that button, but it won't shut off the alarm.Ĭurrently, I have the negative battery cable unhooked, and the alarm is off. Finally, they found a little button on the left kick panel, down by the floor on the drivers side, and when they pushed that button the alarm stopped. The guys at the shop spent an hour trying to shut the alarm off. I responded that I didn't even know I had an alarm. They turned to me and asked me to shut off the alarm. What a mistake! My car alarm won't stop going off, and the engine is dead.Ī few months ago, I had my battery replaced and the guys at the shop set off the alarm. I replaced an O2 Sensor(Bank 2 Sensor1), and I read that I should unhook the negative battery terminal to reset the check engine light. ![]()
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