I disconnected my battery, and upon re-connection, the car will not start!!! HELP!?!?!??
Yah did all that unfortunately nothing . As I mentioned the 3 dashes fixed & no longer the issue as I heard the actuator recalibrateed. Now not sure what's the issue is. I'll try to disconnect both battery terminals overnight, & connect them tomorrow & re do these steps before I try to turn the engine on.If you get three bars on your instrument cluster, try this:
- Step on the brake
- Turn the key to the “on” position, but don’t start the car.
- Slowly cycle through the gears, pausing at each position. You should hear the shift motor and clutch actuator moving.
- Slowly cycle back through the gears to Park.
- Take your foot off the brake
- Turn the key off
- I’ve heard that locking and unlocking the doors at this step is necessary , but I’m not convinced. You can try it anyway.
- Wait a few moments.
- Restart the car. The clutch should function again. Some have reported disconnecting the battery for 20 minutes helps.
Not sure how I check failed brake switch or the starter, besides the fuses. How I can make sure & certain an electricity is reaching the starter. I doubt it's the starter itself otherwise I would have heard it made any sound at least once but it never did. Like I said it's like the car is on Neutral or a gear & when you crank nothing happens. Clutch actuator works fine btw. Faulty coils will also crank the vehicle so I doubt that unless someone has similar experience & replacing coils helped. Spark plugs were installed 2 years ago roughly 20K miles on them.Mkb818, you are correct. The car will not start in gears other than Park or Neutral.
If there are no fault codes, have a look at the starter and cable. They have been known to corrode to the point when they pass insufficient current to crank the starter.
A failed brake switch or malfunctioning starter switch will also prevent the car from starting.
Evilution has a procedure for pop-starting the car, but I have not tried it. Has anyone tried it in a North American Smart?
Edit: Found this thread. Use caution…
I tested it, both ends of the 200amps fuse have electricity.Another thought…
If you took the battery out, maybe the 200 Amp starter fuse (or holder or connections) near the battery well was damaged, loosened or opened. A continuity test might reveal something amiss.
Have a look here:
I don’t see the that information on page 187. Can you post the link please.