Was this no start problem ever solved ???

 

Not quite yet ... it is better, but still unreliable. After much discussion with Josh Chase, we determined that the ECM might have some problems. We found a salvage ECM and I sent my ECM to him to have the salvage ECM cloned with my car's information. When I got it back, the car was still exhibiting the no crank problem but if I disconnected the negative batter cable for a while, the car would crank and sometimes start. Now, this is NOT the "normal" SKREEM issue (3 tries then nothing until you disconnect / reconnect the battery cable). I can get it to crank and start from time to time. Other times, it will crank and not start a couple of times and after that it will not crank until I disconnect / reconnect the negative battery cable. This might be pointing to a SKREEM that is on it's way out, or something entirely different - I have no idea at this point. I have been pretty busy and haven't had a lot of time to work on it much, and with the holidays coming, I'm sure my time to work on it will become even less, but I am not giving up (yet). I am not driving it since I still cannot trust it, but this week, everyday when I get home from work, I will attempt to start it. Typically, it will crank, fire, but not start on the first try. The second try will either start it or do the same as the first. If it doesn't start on the 2nd try, the 3rd try will normally not crank ... BUT if I keep trying, two or three more tries will result in a successful start. So, I am able to get it to start without having to mess with the battery, but I still can't trust it.

RL

 

Understand, thanks for the update.

 

Solution achieved ... I think. As the months wore on, the issues became more like the SKREEM problems as I could get the car to crank a couple of times if I unhooked the battery cable and reconnected it. But, sometimes by doing this, it would start, so I wasn't convinced that it was the SKREEM. Reading the FB posts from people that had used SOS Diagnostics and Precision ECU, I finally bit the bullet and went with the immobilizer delete that Precision ECU offered. It was a couple of hundred cheaper than SOS and I was OK with not having the SKREEM in there. Got the parts back today, installed the ECU (left the SKREEM on the bench), followed the instructions to let the car recognize the now reprogrammed ECU and then tried to start the car ... AND IT FIRED RIGHT UP!! Shut it off and tried again and it started right back up. So, for now, I hope this issue is now behind me and I will never have to worry about that stupid SKREEM again. Curiously, one of the problems that I noticed as all this was going on was when the car would crank, it would only crank if I held the key in the start position. Now, I can let the key fall back to the RUN position and the car will still continue to crank until it starts. Not a big deal, but I found that interesting that the "auto crank" (or whatever you call it) was starting to not work as the symptoms worsened.

Side note: without the SKREEM, your FOB will no longer lock or unlock your doors - no biggie to me - at least for now it's not.

RL