MercOut
07-22-2009, 07:33 AM
Hey MM Community,
Had a problem last night with starting my car. The car was running fine, started up fine and the whole nine. Drove a few miles to my friends and turned the car off to go inside. While in the process of locking my car, i accidentally locked/set the alarm with the OEM keypad first then with the aftermarket. Was only in the house for 15min, its about 9:15. We get back to the car and unlock it, everything was fine, the headlights, lights, everything was working normal. I go to start the car, dashboard lights up but nothing happens, try it a few more times, still nothing.:mad2:The starter didn't do anything, heard the fuel pump but that was it. Had enough power to start the car so I knew that wasn't the problem but i tried to jump start the car anyway but nothing. Disconnected the battery, still nothing. Tried to reset the alarm system, still nothing. So at the point I'm like WTF!! and it was starting to get dark. For all you CAM members that know the area, I was in Eastover so i was trying to get the F outta there before it really gets late. So I call my friend who is my personal mechanic:D(works for AAA). He goes through the steps i already tried :shake: just to make sure I guess. So he says, "let me try something", at this point I'm like do whatever you have to do so we can get the hell outta here. He trys to jump it from the starter, that worked but it never turned over to start the engine. So we're like D@MN!!! He thinks of another idea and disconnects the aftermarket alarm system brain, jumps the starter and the engine starts up. 2 hrs to start the F'n car:mad:. At that time its 11:30 so we peel outta there :burnout:. He has a 96 impala. So my question is, was it the aftermarket alarm system that was stopping the car from turning over or something else? The guy that installed the alarm system swears it isn't the alarm system so any input will help
THANKS!!!
Had a problem last night with starting my car. The car was running fine, started up fine and the whole nine. Drove a few miles to my friends and turned the car off to go inside. While in the process of locking my car, i accidentally locked/set the alarm with the OEM keypad first then with the aftermarket. Was only in the house for 15min, its about 9:15. We get back to the car and unlock it, everything was fine, the headlights, lights, everything was working normal. I go to start the car, dashboard lights up but nothing happens, try it a few more times, still nothing.:mad2:The starter didn't do anything, heard the fuel pump but that was it. Had enough power to start the car so I knew that wasn't the problem but i tried to jump start the car anyway but nothing. Disconnected the battery, still nothing. Tried to reset the alarm system, still nothing. So at the point I'm like WTF!! and it was starting to get dark. For all you CAM members that know the area, I was in Eastover so i was trying to get the F outta there before it really gets late. So I call my friend who is my personal mechanic:D(works for AAA). He goes through the steps i already tried :shake: just to make sure I guess. So he says, "let me try something", at this point I'm like do whatever you have to do so we can get the hell outta here. He trys to jump it from the starter, that worked but it never turned over to start the engine. So we're like D@MN!!! He thinks of another idea and disconnects the aftermarket alarm system brain, jumps the starter and the engine starts up. 2 hrs to start the F'n car:mad:. At that time its 11:30 so we peel outta there :burnout:. He has a 96 impala. So my question is, was it the aftermarket alarm system that was stopping the car from turning over or something else? The guy that installed the alarm system swears it isn't the alarm system so any input will help
THANKS!!!