Well here's how it goes....

I was cleaning up some wiring (soldering/heatshrinking some connections) and messing with the dual pass setup. Cleaned everything up, put everything together and went to plug the battery back in. As soon as I attempted to plug the battery in, the car started itself and the starter kept cranking (mind you there were no keys in the ignition or anything). Basically the starter is getting a constant power supply as soon as the battery is hooked up.

Now here's what happened while I was working...

I had a shop light plugged in with an extension cord sitting in the engine compartment (so i could see what i was soldering), the male and female ends of the light power cord and extension cord were pried apart just slightly and the cord swung and the prongs from the lamp's power cord came in contact with the frame of the vehicle, causing a dazzling display of lights aswell a popping a circuit.

So here are my theories, I have no voltmeter to check the relay, but i think...

1.) My electrical incident may have blown the relay for the starter.

or

2.) The starter somehow lost its ground. I did manage to get the car up an inspect the starter and it appears to have a ground connection and nothing seems to be loose so im not sure what's up.

Anyone have any input or experience with an issue like this/similar to this.

 

you could have fried your ecu do to high voltage going through the frame but it could be just the starter grounded out, try and jump your starter if that don't work then i bet your ecu is shot.

 

warranty ftw

 

i say your cars done for just like mine lol

your car starts its self and mine has no power steering

ha ha ha ha warranty

 

what is a warranty? lol

 

mine had no power steering when my tranny went out..and as soon as they replaced the tranny i had power steering again..WEIRD i say

oh crap,i forgot ur a 2.4 SS/SC...never mind my post..just by-pass it

 

my trannys perfect..my gauges freak out and my power steering shuts off whenever i mess with the tilt wheel

 

uhmm fuse problems?maybe week fuse on the steerin pump,ours is electrical,so might be it...

and gauges goin nuts?hmmm did u smoke crack in the car?

 

no crack...idk what it is my cars been to the dealer 10 times and no fix

 

now thats a LEMON...

 

i just really hope its not an ECU problem. I'll have to check it out tomorrow morning but i'm open to ideas so keep on posting!

 

im guessin maybe u popped a fuse for something..double check ur fuses

 

yup and they still dont think i'm worthy of a lemon

 

they dont,but the lawyers do..they wont get u involved..they just get ur info and those dealer receipts u have,and they do the rest...

 

yea i know but i love my car and im lazy

 

now thats a problem..hahahaha,so u got any pics of ur h/e

 

no i need to take some

**** i paid a few bucks extra to get the header and dp faster...it will be at my door friday at 3pm

 

Trial and error, try disconnecting the power and ground from the starter and hook up power to it only. If it tries to start, then you know its bad. If not, it's something else (probably the ECU)

 

u live on the west coast like he does...im on the other side of america

 

actually i live like an hour away from beck he's my bish

 

then why didnt u go pick it up?danm u cobalt people are weird

 

bump for the morning crew

 

Did ya give a try what I said?

 

so when you connect the batter, the starter engages.

first pull the starter relay and see if that stops it.

looking at the engine bay from the front, jumper a wire from the bottom left hole, to the top right hole, where the starter relay prongs went.

if it tries to start when you do that, and stops when you take the jumper out, your relay is toast.

 

with the relay out of the car it still cranks.....