Wouldnt start

bK caddy · #1 (**permalink**) 02-09-07, 09:54 AM

ok i went to start my cat this morning and it wouldnt start i kept trying for like 5 min then it started the battery was fine its seems like the gas wasnt gettin there or something but it started, any idea what would that be? im suppost to sell the car this weekend

mrapoza · #2 (**permalink**) 05-07-07, 08:47 PM

If you haven't sold it already and have found that on occasion it cranks but won't start have it coded. It will probably tell you that you have a Crankshaft Positioning Sensor malfunction. $70 at AutoZone.....$44 on E-Bay.

passionaterage · #3 (**permalink**) 05-08-07, 10:28 PM

In the year that I've had my Cat, this has happened to me once. I came out from a store, tried to start the car, it would turn over like it normally would, it just wouldn't start. I waited about 5 minutes and it started up fine and I haven't had this problem again. I've had at least 10 more, but not this one...lol. I just chalk it up to another Catera electronic glitch. Yours may or may not be the same thing, but I know there are quite a few things that happen with this car that go away whenever you turn the car off and back on again. In fact, I just ordered a Scangauge II just because my tranny light comes on sometimes. If I use my code scanner, I can turn the light off and it comes out of "limp home" mode qithout having to stop and restart the car. I can leave the Scangauge permanently attached and can reset it while driving. Just another thing I learned to make life livable with my Catera.