fatblokes Posted August 9, 2005 Report Posted August 9, 2005 hello, i have a 2.3i auto ghia-x 1999 v reg galaxy. my problem is i stop for some petrol in a garage and turn my ignition off leaving the key in, filled up went to start the car but no start. all the display is on and i have had the battery checked. an nice aa man come out and put it down to the imobiliser because he turn on the ignition and tried to start it remotely. at this time the starter turned but the engine did not fire. he towed me back. now i have had a look at all the fuses and made sure the relays are in place. i checked the auto inhibiter then i managed to get the starter turning but still no start up. the little led on the drivers door comes on for a moment then flashes fast, in reading the hand book this seams to tell me the imobiliser has not been turned off. i only have one key which has never remotely unlocked the car but i seamed to be able to code the key and the door light flashed to confirm the job but it never unlocked. now i have tried to set the code by the same method and the door does not flash to confirm. is this a nasty thing that will cost a lot of money? can it be something simple? the car also has an after market alarm which does not seam to be connected to any thing that may stopit from starting. thanks for you time in advance. fatblokes Quote
fatblokes Posted August 10, 2005 Author Report Posted August 10, 2005 to add i have seen a few posts mentioning about a no 30 relay, i have renewed this but no different. Quote
fatblokes Posted September 9, 2005 Author Report Posted September 9, 2005 in case any body was interested, i have sorted the problem. i took it to a local garage he said the key i had, had become uncoded from the ecu. because i only had one key he could not recode it. i purchased two new remote keys and he cut and coded them now all is well with my car. he said he had a lot of trouble coding them as when one was coded the other would not, also by him doing this my remote locking works aswell now as this has never worked in all the time i have had the car, i tried before to recode my key for this but it would not ever code. Quote
HJT Posted September 9, 2005 Report Posted September 9, 2005 Thanks for the update. Hopefully if anyone else gets the same symptoms this will point them in the right direction. Cheers Howard Quote
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