I turn the key and nothing lights up, no temp, no neutral, nothing, and it won't crank. '03 AC 400. Anybody know what might be the problem? Getting tired of the pull start.

Thanks
Chad Martin

 

duckdawg,

Sounds like either a bad battery or a bad connection to the battery. I have a bad battery on my 400i and have to pull start it with an assist to get it to start. You might also check the fuses in the battery box too. I don't know off the top of my head if there is a ignition or starter fuse? That could be blown?

I would start there as well as check the battery and celinoid connections.

Hope this helps

Swampy

 

Check your fuses first. A blown fuel will shut it all off.

 

Is it the original battery? I would definetely check the water level in the battery. Could be very low. Same thing happened to me with the 04' 400I I used to own.

 

There's a 90% chance that the fuse in the start relay is blown. It's just ahead of the right rear tire , bolted to the frame, lift the clear plastic cover and there she be. Check this, mine blew, had identical symptoms to yours.

 

All the fuses are good, even the relay fuse. Changed battery.

When I pull crank it everything lights up and works fine, but nothing will light up when I turn the key. There has to be something blown somewhere.

 

If you have a manual, check and see where the diodes are for the start in gear. You don't even have lights when you turn the key on all the way? ignition switch bad? I'll check my troubleshooting guide and see if I can come up with something.

 

Well after putting new bearings and brakes mine started doing the exact same thing. ?????????

 

I've had the same problem twice this year. Both times it was the starter relay. Check your battery first. If it's good most likely the relay's bad. Not hard to replace. Just a pain when it goes bad. Mine always chose to go bad at the worst times.

 

If you turn the key on and you get no lights on the insturment pod then the starter solenoid isn't in the picture yet. Unless you left something plugged into the accessory plug and ran the battery down, then either a blown fuse, bad ignition switch or a bad or loose connection on either the positive battery lead or a ground wire. This is assuming something didn't get unplugged.