24hrs ago it started, Now it doesn't...Starter will not engage. Help Please!
[FONT=verdana]I drove my 93 ARC last night and no problems. Fast forward to this evening and I come out to go to an XMAS party, put the key is and turn, all the dash lights come, beeping sounds, and the SID give me an o.k check but... The starter doesn't kick in to turn over the engine. I've removed and inserted the key dozens of times. Turn it on and off and everything comes on but the starter. I even tried my other FOB key...nothing. I checked the battery and it was holding a charge of 12.43 volts according to my multimeter. I've also read a few times on forums last removing the negative battery terminal resets the electronics and fixes certain errors. I did that and it still won't start and now my steering wheel won't lock after removing the fob key...is it normal for the car to take awhile to get used to the key again?[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana]The only thing that has changed between yesterday and today is it got really cold outside last night and today. Was 5C yesterday and now -9C (-14 with the wind). Is something frozen?[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana]Anyways does anyone have any idea where I should start looking for the problem?[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana]Thanks[/FONT]
24hrs ago it started, Now it doesn't...Starter will not engage. Help Please!
9-3s eat batteries. When they go bad you'll have symptoms like you describe. Everything lights up normal on the dash but it doesn't crank. Even with a jump start, the starter sometimes won't engage on them and you need a jump the starter relay.