The car wont start. Ok so I will start with saying.....I had the battery disconnected for a few days then reconnected it and now it wont start. What special procedure am I missing.
The car was absolutley fine and the battery is fully charged.

 

What does it do, electrically-speaking? Lights? Horn? Radio etc? Dash self-test? Does it crank? We need tons more details!

Ahem - as a new member you need to post a Hello in the appropriate forum, too

 

Same for me...What he said.

 

The lights work....battery fully charged horn blows. Radio comes on. Everything works. Car cranks but wont turn over. Instrament cluster comes on normal. Clean reconnect of the battery. Checked all fuses everything is good. I already did the lock sequence with locks and alarm and still wont start. Need help asap. Thank you

 

Check your fuel pressure. is the motor cranking at a normal speed or slow? Was your batterry load tested?

 

Fuel pressure is fine. Battery is fully charged.
Heres what happened. The car was brought to us to paint. Everything has been maintained and works properly. All we did was unhook the battery because around here we end up with a lot of dead ones so we just disconnect them now. At one point we reconnected the car ran for a couple seconds then cut off. We decided to just push it in and out rather than break something so thats what we did. Now the var is fully painted.snd wont start. The first reconnect of the battery sparked but since then we have reconnected clean multiple times.

 

Might you only have a valet key and does anyone know if that would matter?

Could it have been bumped enough since you got it that the inertia switch has triggered? I kinda doubt it but it's worth bearing in mind.

 

If the last time it was run, it only ran for a couple of seconds, there is a high probability that it is flooded. Hold gas pedal to the floor and crank it as much as you can (giving the starter a break frequently), charge it up again and repeat. It took me approximately 50, 10 second cranks to get mine going when I did similar.

 

Is it the V8 (4.0)?

Well known to (rarely) suffer bore wash if so. You'll have poor compression if it's that......

 

Does the PATS light on the top of the dash come on STEADY or does it flash rapidly for 1 minute and then display a 2 digit code??????????????

Are there any DTCs int PTEC?????????

bob gauff

 

I'd suspect that you have a computer that now thinks that you are a thief. If you think about it, the first thing a thief would do to shut the alarm up, would be to disconnect the battery. So the computer's immediate reaction would be to assume that now that the battery is reconnected (& the car has been 'relocated'), that your intentions are nefarious. So it is giving you the 'finger'. If the owner gave you the service key only, then you need to contact the owner who can then 'reset' the alarm system using his remote.
The trick regarding the flatenning of the battery (in Jags, anyway) is don't leave the key in the ignition for extended periods of time. If you do, the computer stays 'active' and consumes enough power to flatten the battery in two or three days. Pull the keys out of the ignition to avoid thius problem. Over the years I have noticed that mechanical workshops (& in particular panel & paint shops) tend to leave the vehicle's keys in the ignition. It never was, in my personal opinion, a good practice but nowadays the on board computers are dishing up punishment to those who do it.

Otherwise you may have to get the dealership to come and reset the computer.

Cheers,

Languid