Ok My tl wont start. Battery is fine. Starter is good ( had it checked) Tryed to start in P and N. Nothing seems to start car. This happened yesterday and Im out of Ideas. Someone said the alarm could be the problem, but its the stock alarm.
Any Ideas?

 

What about the keys? Maybe you need it to be re-programmed. Have it check.

 

Oh ya when I turn the ignition on lights turn on and there is no clicking sound from the starter

 

Our key has immobilizer features. If the programming is screwed up then your car won't start but you can still turn the key to on position.

 

Do you have another key to try? Even the valet one.

 

Nope I only have the one key

 

Go to the dealer and have them check your key. I got my spare key for $25 (programmed).

 

UPDATE: The manual tells you how to tell if your car recognizes your key. So that wasnt the problem. It was a bad solinoid on the starter. The plastic surrounding the positive connection was cracked. So now it starts up like a champ.

 

i was just going to tel you to check the solenoid, but you already fixed it

 

on my key ignition, i cut a piece of plastic on the key, and left bare metal so the keychain should go around it, i got sluggish starts...that affect anything? lol@question

 

thx dude.

 

very unlikely

 

The manual does state that you should avoid having large metal objects near the key in orde to prevent an electrical interference between the chip and the immobilizer. But I have like 10 keys on a metal key chain -- no problems.

Plastic isn't exactly good at preventing electrical interference therefore removing a piece of it wouldn't affect anything; so I would say no to your question.

 

he comented on sluggisn starts which sound more like a battery loosing its CCA and not the imobilizer saying yes or no??

 

Oh, I know. I was just blabbering like I always do.

Like you mentioned, the immobilizer would simply say yes or no; there's no "hmm, this key may not be the right one... let's give it a sluggish start."

 

just checking! didnt know if ya had a rough day at work and started tipping the bottle a few days early