Pushed start.. didnt start

[im_topher]

Hey guys im trying to troubleshoot my car not starting issue. Im rebuilding this car from a crash so i dont know what previously went wrong.
But it was running when the previous owner crashed it!

So heres what ive done.. removed all the shit blocking any of the mechanics of the motor.

Replaced almost all the relays ( they were damaged ) with new subaru relays.

Put a new(ish) battery in it from my other project car.

I jumped in it last night, hit the start button once ( foot off the break ) and the dash lit up nicely, and i put the car into park.

Pressed my foot on the break and pressed the button again, and the tach needle wend all the way up and down ( doing its fancy thing ) and some things changed in the dash, but no engine turning over tried to happen.

I kept seeing a key icon flashing strangely in the dash, so i got outa the car and tried my kefob for the trunk and the doors and it didnt seem to do much, so i replaced the battery in the keyfob and it is working.

Got in the car today, exact same thing, lots of flashing shit in the dash but no car start, and still no engine trying to turn over.

In the first stage of start, this icon blinks and theres a little lock icon close to it that is blinking as well.


In the second stage its looking a little more like this.


Heres a youtube video i made of me attempting my first start, it might help diagnose.

[ame]http://youtu.be/Ha2K1T2TaiU[/ame]

Is there a hole i can stick the physical key and try to make it start?

Ahh after reading a little more, before i hit the start button, the "Engine immobilizer indicator light" was the one blinking.. Is that normal to blink when you hop in your car?

[celek]

No sounds like a dealer programming required.
DO you have the original key?

[im_topher]

Originally Posted by celek

No sounds like a dealer programming required.
DO you have the original key?

Yes i do, thatd be pretty shitty engineering if you had to reprogram the car because it got in a wreck..

[mikeTee]

Just got in my BRZ to do a couple quick tests - the flashing green key basically is saying that it sees your keyfob in the car. Was the braking system damaged in any way? Maybe it's not detecting the brake as being pushed down or something.

[celek]

Originally Posted by mikeTee

Just got in my BRZ to do a couple quick tests - the flashing green key basically is saying that it sees your keyfob in the car. Was the braking system damaged in any way? Maybe it's not detecting the brake as being pushed down or something.

Or damaged neutral safety switch for the trans being in PARK to start?

[mikeTee]

I can't be sure about the AT version of the car but on a MT after I hold down the clutch the green key light is solid and no longer blinking - "ready to start" per say. I would assume on an automatic that holding down the brake should cause the light to become solid.

[ZOMFGAARON]

Huh subb'd for info. Is the push start back lit?


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[im_topher]

Originally Posted by ZOMFGAARON

Huh subb'd for info. Is the push start back lit?


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push to start button is back lit. Does anyone else have the flashing immobiliser light in the dash?

[cnk]

Did you try moving the steering wheel around a bit before starting? IIRC, there were some folks that had issues with the push-to-start not working and that seemed to do the trick.

[celek]

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1239895

[im_topher]

Ok to add a little more strange to the mix here..

The wheel has full range of motion, i can turn it left and right alot.
The immobilizer light goes off once i hit the start button the 2nd time with my foot on the brake.

I wonder if the car thinks its started?

My shifter is able to shift around, and when i hit start the second time, then switched the shifter into reverse, it beeped at me alot. Would that happen with the car off? It shouldnt let me shift, but i assume the safty mechanism to not let me was disabled when the car was crashed so they could get it out of drive and into neutral.

[im_topher]

Whats this?

I dont have a empty hole here and theres a button below it..

also where do you stick the key on a keyless start? I have the little backup key, where does it go?

[ZOMFGAARON]

That hole is to release the gear when you do not have the keys so the car can be towed. It also works if for some reason your car doesn't detect the key. A kind of manual over ride.
The key you have is to open the trunk.

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[ZOMFGAARON]

Have you checked all your fuses?


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