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Old 03-16-2007, 03:26 PM
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Anyone know how? My car won't start. and i think the BCM might be bad.
Old 03-16-2007, 07:17 PM
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why do you think its going bad?
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the car does not start. i put the key in and everything comes on lights, radio and fuel pump primes, but starter does not engage. it started one second, but not the next. also, before it died I would turn the headlights and the radio lights would go out.
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you mean pcm then?
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no the pcm is good. checked that out last weekend. i got a reading from the tps, coolant temp and ait. the bcm will control starting the car.
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hmm ive never had an issue with the body control module...thats kinda new to me...
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I checked mine by jumping the pins on the starter relay with a paper clip. If the starter turns over then the BCM is not sending the ground to the starter relay as it should.




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