sorry for the long post but here's the deal.....installed my ky stg 3 today and when we put everything back together the car wouldn't start. figured out that the power wire that should go to the starter got ran back to the fuse panel...the wire that should have gone to the fuse panel was dangling and when i found it i didnt know what it was (was just tracing wires) and it touched the block and arced. we disconnected the negative from the battery again and ran the wires correctly. still didn't start. the relay marked pwr/trn is clicking...did this on the inital start and after we reran the wires. we swapped relays, checked all the fuses....still nothing. we tested the battery which is a little weak it read 11.4 volts and when we tested the power wires on the fuse panel we got nothing. we obviously tried jumping it and had it hooked up the whole time we tried to start the car. i finally had to leave it and go home....luckiily my friend loaned me a vehicle....and as i left i unhooked the jumper cables and shut the liftgate on the hhr and now the vehicle has absolutely zero power and the liftgate won't open cause its an electronic lock


if anyone has any ideas to help the diagnosis for tomorrow PLEASE...PLEASE SHARE!!!!!!!

 

last time i grounded a power wire it instantly fried the entire wire to a crisp. make sure ur wire is still ok. hope u didnt melt anything. no idea though its one of those id have to look at it things

 

Charge it from the terminal on the fuse box. Check that wire and see if it fried. Also get a volt meter and check the voltage to the starter. It will have really low voltage or none if that is the culprit. A bad ground can cause a bad charge.

 

so is the car not getting any power at all or is it just not cranking over???
i would check the wiring again and make sure you didn't smash any wires during the install either while putting things back together

 

originally just wasn't cranking....as i left the car it had zero pwoer. i had been working on the car for several hours and only had 3 hours of sleep last night. i had to call it quits and get some rest.





the wire itself doesn't seem to be fried.....tho i will double check it tomorrow

 

Make sure you have the power to the starter properly connected. This happened to me and a buddy didn't tighten the starter power or ground wire (forget which one) tight enough, thus resulting in no start.

 

ok well i had a fuse out in the inside panel that we replaced then still nothing. the car would start but when you pressed the accelerator pedal wouldn't rev and the dic displayed "reduced engine power" but was getting 4 codes...3 relating to trottle posoition sensor i unplugged the ecu harness....again as i did this 4 times last night.....and found a small piece of plastic that was prohibiting the harness from seating completely. the car started right up after removing the little piece of plastic and reconnecting everything....pressed the throttle and vrooom....

all fixed now:



clutch is pretty stock like.....definitely more instant grab than stock....and pedal feel is slightly different...seems to be a slightly different as in higher engagement point. but i really like it so far and i have yet to stall it out on my 45 mile drive home.

installed the zzp stg2 mounts too and they definitely have more vibes than stock but not too bad...if i wanted creature comforts and a plush ride i would have bought a cadillac.