Well I drove my car about 30 miles on thusday, from work to the movies and from the movies to home. Well I go out to start the car on friday and the damn car wont start. It turns over, but just wont start. Try it 3 times and still nothing. GO and grab the keys to my moms truck so I can go to work, but decide to try it again. And this time it starts. I let it run for a little bit and decide to turn it off and try to start it again. Its starts again and I let it run. Decide i'd really not chance it and take mothers truck to work. Come home at midnight after work and try to start it and it won't start again. And now it hasn't started ever since.

Cliff Notes:

Car turns over strong but no start.
Not the battery (Tryed using my 200amp battery and boost charger, and took it to auto zone to test.)


HELP ME!!!!

 

I had the same problem. Dont Worry!

Look on the dash board when this problem happens. If there is a red light on when its happening, its a simple fix.

What happens is the key has a magnetic key code in it that sometimes for some God awful reason it loses its signal strength. when this happens the car cant recognize the key and thinks someone is trying to steal it(hence the red light). all you need to do is take it to a dealer or anyone that specializes in nissans and explain to them whats going on. they will have to get a new key and reprogram the keycode. costed me 130. Good Luck!

 

Well after a little starting fluid and some trys I got the car to start and immmediately dropped off to the Nissan Master Tech that works on all of our club members cars. When I pulled into the bay and shut it down, it didnt start again so they had to push it to the back . Should know something by tomorrow or so.

 

Could be a couple of things but the first thing I was thinking was a bad fuel pump.

 

the sentra's had this issue to an extent. long story short, they got fuel pumps. but it would be beneficial to know what they found, keep us informed.

 

waiting to see what happened....bummer..

- j

 

Bingo. Winner.

 

any update?

 

i don't know if you guys fan comes on when the key is at position 3 before starting, mine is... the z is at the dealership right now, but won't be able to diagnose til next week friday... ***!!! UPDATE PLEASE!!!

 

The Owner's Manual has a mini troubleshooting guide; check it out, bro'.

 

i tried all the trouble shooting... i have to wait til monday to get me a new set of keys... i hope it will work...

 

Sorry about an update. LOL havent really been on here since getting my CTS-V. It turned out to be the keys. The key that is in my remote start box lost its program,turned on the immobilizer, and then killed the other 2 keys I put in the ignition. Had to get all of the keys reprogrammed. Heard it can be quite expensive if you don't have an under the table hookup at a dealership.

 

thanks a bunch man, I will be getting my keys reprogrammed for 60bucks a piece out of pocket by today or the next day... CANADA DOES NOT COVER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY HERE... argh!!! god speed!!!

 

where do I look for the red light? Specific light? Thanks

 

driver side dashboard circle plastic with LED light in the middle...

i guess my problem's resolved... it was the IGNITION COIL that went out... the service mngr. told me that the coil/labor is under warranty but not the DIAGNOSTIC LABOR? WTF!!!

 

Thanks for the answer....I completely forgot about that light

Not cool about the labor charges...everyone is hard up for money nowadays...GL dude