Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Asked on October 26, 2021
My car is cranking but it doesn’t start. I didn’t drive it for a few days so I’m confused as to what could’ve gone bad because this is the first time it’s done it. No codes popping up. Battery is good, I tried another battery just to confirm. When I turn the key to (on II) I can hear the pump doing something so I don’t think is that. I checked the spark plugs but they are fine. What should I troubleshoot, and what order?
I gotta note that I installed an aftermarket radio and hardwired a dashcam about 3 weeks ago. That’s why my first thought was that the dashcam or radio drained the battery. Any help would be greatly appreciated !
Well, it is possible that the aftermarket radio messed up the CANBUS in the car somehow. Because your car is fairly recent ~2008, the CANBUS allows the car's immobilizer to communicate with the ECM. The backup camera could've messed up the CANBUS, as the CANBUS network is very susceptible to interference from other electrical system. Try rerouting the backup cam to another location, such as in the headliner instead. Hope this helped!
Answered by Rick Yao on October 26, 2021
I did the following: I noticed that I hadn’t connected the cable that went to the antenna so connected it. I ended up disconnecting backup camera I recently installed. Then car just started (left it on ON for 90 seconds before cranking it). It ran a bit rough but other than that it didn’t stall and it started a few times afterwards! So, will be monitoring the next few days. What do you think could’ve happened?
Answered by Anthony on October 26, 2021
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