Ok so i havnt driven my car for a month or so due to moving. The car sat for about a whole month at my parents house and drove fine when i parked it. The day i got the garage ready at my new house and went to pick up the car it had a hard time starting. It took a second to crank over, just like it would if your battery was going dead. I figured since it was cold and its sat a while that was the issue.
Once it started i let it idle for a second and drove it to the new house. It drove perfectly fine there with no issues at all. It was actually a pretty nice drive...
Last week i finally got a chance and decided to take the car out. Well it wouldnt start cause the battery had went dead. No big deal..
Today, i hooked the charger up to it and let it charge...first try it didnt start but on the second try it fired right up. I let it idle for a bit then got in to take it for a ride.. the second i put it in reverse the abs light kicked on and the car stalled.. when i turned the car back on every light came on and theft flashed for about 30 seconds.. all the lights went crazy..when i shut my head lights off all the dash lights shut off
so i backed the car out of the garage. when i did so, the gauge cluster went dead. all needles fell and nothing. put the car in neutral, lights flickered gauge cluster came back on. pulled the car forward and as i gave it gas it starting spitting and sputtering.
i backed the car all the way down my driveway and pulled it forward.. the more gas i gave it the less the car would run..its acting like its not getting any fuel
so can the battery be causing this? i checked the cops and they are fine...for some reason im getting a crazy show from my cluster and the car wont run for crap.. the gauge cluster and radio lights are all super dim.
the only other thing i can think of is the ecu going bad. i just dont understand what is happening because the car ran perfectly fine when i brought it home. im going to try to get the vids from my phone to load in a sec..
any ideas would be great.. i need this car running asap.. the battery is stamped with the date of feb 2009 so its old. hoping it is the issue...cant see any other reason why it would do this
Once it started i let it idle for a second and drove it to the new house. It drove perfectly fine there with no issues at all. It was actually a pretty nice drive...
Last week i finally got a chance and decided to take the car out. Well it wouldnt start cause the battery had went dead. No big deal..
Today, i hooked the charger up to it and let it charge...first try it didnt start but on the second try it fired right up. I let it idle for a bit then got in to take it for a ride.. the second i put it in reverse the abs light kicked on and the car stalled.. when i turned the car back on every light came on and theft flashed for about 30 seconds.. all the lights went crazy..when i shut my head lights off all the dash lights shut off
so i backed the car out of the garage. when i did so, the gauge cluster went dead. all needles fell and nothing. put the car in neutral, lights flickered gauge cluster came back on. pulled the car forward and as i gave it gas it starting spitting and sputtering.
i backed the car all the way down my driveway and pulled it forward.. the more gas i gave it the less the car would run..its acting like its not getting any fuel
so can the battery be causing this? i checked the cops and they are fine...for some reason im getting a crazy show from my cluster and the car wont run for crap.. the gauge cluster and radio lights are all super dim.
the only other thing i can think of is the ecu going bad. i just dont understand what is happening because the car ran perfectly fine when i brought it home. im going to try to get the vids from my phone to load in a sec..
any ideas would be great.. i need this car running asap.. the battery is stamped with the date of feb 2009 so its old. hoping it is the issue...cant see any other reason why it would do this