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I decided to reach out to you all here in order to discuss a strange issue with my 2005 Maruti Alto LX. Sometimes the car refuses to start after being driven and the engine check light starts glowing. No matter how many times you turn the key it refuses to buzz and there is no activity with the starter motor. The car does fires up when given a push in the second or third gear, the engine light at this time keeps glowing which goes away after a few hours/days.
There is no specific pattern of this issue cropping up sometimes there will be no problem even after driving long-distance and sometimes the issue may surface even when I am out to run some errands nearby. Here I must also say that it never stops or dies out of the blue when being driven the problem only happens once the engine is switched off.
This vehicle is my daily drive for the past 15 years and has reached a milestone of 2.5 lakh kilometres. I have maintained my car immaculately and it gets serviced regularly at a reputed MASS here in my home town Shimla but even they have failed to identify the root cause.
The following troubleshooting has been done so far to probe and isolate the failing component but there was no success:
Looking forward to your inputs.
I decided to reach out to you all here in order to discuss a strange issue with my 2005 Maruti Alto LX. Sometimes the car refuses to start after being driven and the engine check light starts glowing. No matter how many times you turn the key it refuses to buzz and there is no activity with the starter motor. The car does fires up when given a push in the second or third gear, the engine light at this time keeps glowing which goes away after a few hours/days.
There is no specific pattern of this issue cropping up sometimes there will be no problem even after driving long-distance and sometimes the issue may surface even when I am out to run some errands nearby. Here I must also say that it never stops or dies out of the blue when being driven the problem only happens once the engine is switched off.
This vehicle is my daily drive for the past 15 years and has reached a milestone of 2.5 lakh kilometres. I have maintained my car immaculately and it gets serviced regularly at a reputed MASS here in my home town Shimla but even they have failed to identify the root cause.
The following troubleshooting has been done so far to probe and isolate the failing component but there was no success:
- Battery replacement done
- OBD scan done but no error found
- Distributor replacement done
- The entire lockset including the ignition key was replaced
- I had installed an Autocop car security system about 10 years ago which had the engine immobiliser too, got that completely removed
- Starter motor servicing, which by the way is working fine as per my car electrician
- Complete wiring check for any cuts, rat bites or any fraying
Looking forward to your inputs.