Hi all,
I think I may have a relay problem. I'm not sure which one, though, so please allow me to describe the symptoms.
On the way to work I hit a small pothole and my car lost power. I coasted to a stop and re-started it and it started and drove okay.
I parked the car at work and then started it fine on my way home. At a stoplight, it died again. I tried restarting, but it wouldn't catch. I turned off the a/c and radio and it started weakly.
A block down the road it lost power again and never was able to start. I had it towed to my apartment because it was too late to get it to a shop.
Here's the symptoms:
Everything electrical in the car seems to work fine. All accessories are behaving as they should be according to the position of the key.
When I turn the key to the 'on' position, I hear a soft click as the check engine light comes on. Then, a second later I hear another soft click-click (two clicks) as the check engine light goes off. I do not hear the fuel pump.
The symptoms (loss of power, intermittent starting) earlier are similar to running out of gas. Does it sound like some kind of fuel pump relay or even the fuel pump itself is out? Does the check engine light going on, then off, suggest that the ECU is still receiving power, so it's not the main relay?
Thanks for any help you can give before I get this thing towed,
Mike Hughes
I think I may have a relay problem. I'm not sure which one, though, so please allow me to describe the symptoms.
On the way to work I hit a small pothole and my car lost power. I coasted to a stop and re-started it and it started and drove okay.
I parked the car at work and then started it fine on my way home. At a stoplight, it died again. I tried restarting, but it wouldn't catch. I turned off the a/c and radio and it started weakly.
A block down the road it lost power again and never was able to start. I had it towed to my apartment because it was too late to get it to a shop.
Here's the symptoms:
Everything electrical in the car seems to work fine. All accessories are behaving as they should be according to the position of the key.
When I turn the key to the 'on' position, I hear a soft click as the check engine light comes on. Then, a second later I hear another soft click-click (two clicks) as the check engine light goes off. I do not hear the fuel pump.
The symptoms (loss of power, intermittent starting) earlier are similar to running out of gas. Does it sound like some kind of fuel pump relay or even the fuel pump itself is out? Does the check engine light going on, then off, suggest that the ECU is still receiving power, so it's not the main relay?
Thanks for any help you can give before I get this thing towed,
Mike Hughes