2008 HHR, motor won't turn over. Good battery.
2008 HHR, motor won't turn over. Good battery.
About 75,000 Km/46K miles.
My wife drove the car to work on Wednesday, with no issues. After work, the lights and horn were strong — but the engine wouldn't turn. (No typical rattling solenoid sound, like when you have a weak battery either.)
I tried the remote start and that didn't work, though the door locks did. I also noted that there was a "low fuel" warning, despite having been just gassed up. The info button said "600km range." Missing from the info display were the oil life (which had been 25%) and the trip meters, which were showing blank.
The check engine icon was also on.
My friend's OBD reader got a "cannot link " message x3 tries.
It got towed to the Chev dealer in Chilliwack, BC, Canada and there's sort of good news: the contacts to the computer were corroded. They cleaned them up at diagnosis time, so the fix was in the $100 range.
Not bad, as I was dreaming of dead modules or worse... but why the corrosion? 'No electrical grease at the assembly line?
My wife drove the car to work on Wednesday, with no issues. After work, the lights and horn were strong — but the engine wouldn't turn. (No typical rattling solenoid sound, like when you have a weak battery either.)
I tried the remote start and that didn't work, though the door locks did. I also noted that there was a "low fuel" warning, despite having been just gassed up. The info button said "600km range." Missing from the info display were the oil life (which had been 25%) and the trip meters, which were showing blank.
The check engine icon was also on.
My friend's OBD reader got a "cannot link " message x3 tries.
It got towed to the Chev dealer in Chilliwack, BC, Canada and there's sort of good news: the contacts to the computer were corroded. They cleaned them up at diagnosis time, so the fix was in the $100 range.
Not bad, as I was dreaming of dead modules or worse... but why the corrosion? 'No electrical grease at the assembly line?
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