Car won’t even crank/ Car was sabotaged

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Car won’t even crank/ Car was sabotaged

Unread post by Wendy » Mon Apr 12, 2021 5:20 pm

I have a 2005 Pontiac Aztek Rally AWD.

It was driving fine. Never had issues. Parked it for 2 hours then tried to start the car and it wouldn’t even crank. The security light is on now, the fuel is reading EMPTY. When the key is inserted & turned to the on position the lights on the dash board are on, but once I try to start the car, ALL lights on the dash go off. I heard that someone purposely did this to my car so they could try to buy it from me dirt cheep. What could they have done to it? The guy who told me about it said that the sabotager told him it’s a simple fix. I’ve taken it to a shop but he claims he can’t fix it. I’m not sure if he has even looked at it. PLEASE HELP!

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Re: Car won’t even crank/ Car was sabotaged

Unread post by carriedi » Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:28 am

the first thing to look at would be your battery connection. A bad connection would look normal but when you put the big load for the starter there isn't enough amps to run the system and the connection opens.

the security might need to be reset. Do you know the process to reset it?

did the problem happen for the shop you took it to? Did you toe it to the shop? or is this an intermittent problem?

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