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tobin · 06-25-2021, 07:55 AM

Hello FT86Club,

I have owned my '13 BRZ Limited since new, it has roughly 50k, a brand new battery, and is otherwise stock. I am experiencing an intermittent no start issue. It happens about once every two weeks or about 5% of the time starting the car. Clutch in and push the start button, the car will not crank or go beyond accessory mode. I can do this multiple times and nothing happens. I wait 5-10 minutes or so, try again, it starts right up. 95% of the time the car starts right up with no issue, it's just these odd times when the no-crank/no-start happens.

About 2 months ago I, stupidly, used a 300W Car Power Inverter DC 12V to 110V AC. I tried to power a vacuum cleaner with it, which, obviously did not work and immediately blew the fuses for the outlet in the glovebox and again for the outlet in the center console. I replaced both 15A fuses, #2 and #22. I do not know if this is somehow related but the starting issue began happening shortly after, so I am assuming I may have fried something else as well.

What should I do next?

06-25-2021, 07:55 AM	#1
tobin Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: '13 BRZ Location: CT Posts: 491 Thanks: 322 Thanked 334 Times in 158 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Intermittent no-crank/no-start 2013 BRZ Limited Hello FT86Club, I have owned my '13 BRZ Limited since new, it has roughly 50k, a brand new battery, and is otherwise stock. I am experiencing an intermittent no start issue. It happens about once every two weeks or about 5% of the time starting the car. Clutch in and push the start button, the car will not crank or go beyond accessory mode. I can do this multiple times and nothing happens. I wait 5-10 minutes or so, try again, it starts right up. 95% of the time the car starts right up with no issue, it's just these odd times when the no-crank/no-start happens. About 2 months ago I, stupidly, used a 300W Car Power Inverter DC 12V to 110V AC. I tried to power a vacuum cleaner with it, which, obviously did not work and immediately blew the fuses for the outlet in the glovebox and again for the outlet in the center console. I replaced both 15A fuses, #2 and #22. I do not know if this is somehow related but the starting issue began happening shortly after, so I am assuming I may have fried something else as well. What should I do next?