Need Help Car has no power coming from Battery but still cranks.
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Need Help Car has no power coming from Battery but still cranks.
Ok here is what happened:
I have a 2003 CL600 and yesterday I was rolling at around 5mph at a gas station when I bottomed out very gently over a fuel drain that was sticking out. As soon as that happened I had an SRS light come on the DASH RED with Visit Workshop. It was SRS RESTR DEFECT SYS to be exact and the car started to choke like it was out of FUEL. (which it was not) I got lucky and coasted to open parking spot where the car would not start back up. I decided to check under car and noticed there is no power, coming from the key to lock the door or open the door or even trunk. There is no power also on the inside of the car. The only power i get is if I turn the key to position a1 and 2 and than i can move front windows and radio goes on other than that nothing else works even the fuel and temp gauge don't move. I had a buddy come out with a computer and the pictures is what it showed. I also can crank the car but the car won't start it will stop cranking. I disconnected battery and put it back still nothing. Any ideas. I had to haul the car home with a rope because its lowered and now its in my garage.
Here are pics of codes.
Any help would be great.
I have a 2003 CL600 and yesterday I was rolling at around 5mph at a gas station when I bottomed out very gently over a fuel drain that was sticking out. As soon as that happened I had an SRS light come on the DASH RED with Visit Workshop. It was SRS RESTR DEFECT SYS to be exact and the car started to choke like it was out of FUEL. (which it was not) I got lucky and coasted to open parking spot where the car would not start back up. I decided to check under car and noticed there is no power, coming from the key to lock the door or open the door or even trunk. There is no power also on the inside of the car. The only power i get is if I turn the key to position a1 and 2 and than i can move front windows and radio goes on other than that nothing else works even the fuel and temp gauge don't move. I had a buddy come out with a computer and the pictures is what it showed. I also can crank the car but the car won't start it will stop cranking. I disconnected battery and put it back still nothing. Any ideas. I had to haul the car home with a rope because its lowered and now its in my garage.
Here are pics of codes.
Any help would be great.
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Many things could have gone wrong.
Check all your fuses. That is where I would start.
Also I think your car thinks it has crashed. When that happens the fuel pump is shutdown. Sounds like you tripped it (Srs lights and no fuel and no power)
When cranking check fuel pressure in rail. My guess is you will have little or none. See above.
Check all your fuses. That is where I would start.
Also I think your car thinks it has crashed. When that happens the fuel pump is shutdown. Sounds like you tripped it (Srs lights and no fuel and no power)
When cranking check fuel pressure in rail. My guess is you will have little or none. See above.
Last edited by alx; May 12, 2013 at 02:42 PM.
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To be honest I have never seen one of those, but I recall there was a recall campaign to update software because on some cars when crash was detected the fuel pump was not shut off. So I vaguely remember the there was such a system in place that needed to be reset after a crash if the car was to be fixed. I am not going to be surprised if it is somewhere in das related to Srs. If you confirm no fuel pressure at the rail- call your local friendly dealer or dive into wis yourself
Last edited by alx; May 12, 2013 at 08:53 PM.
