3200 not starting

Phil H

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Apologies if it's been raised before, but measure the battery voltage across the battery terminals. Do not trust dashboard battery condition meters/voltmeters.

PH
 

davy83

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Under no circumstances ever touch the gas pedal on a 3200 while starting, almost guaranteed to throw an ECU error. starting procedure is crank engine don't touch the pedal, the eCU does all the tweaking to get it to fire up automatically.

When start the maserati push gas pedal!!
 

babel 101

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Under no circumstances ever touch the gas pedal on a 3200 while starting, almost guaranteed to throw an ECU error. starting procedure is crank engine don't touch the pedal, the eCU does all the tweaking to get it to fire up automatically.
I touch the pedal sometime when the starting and no problems
 

davy83

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Well perhaps your car is broken? Apart from there being no point in touching the gas pedal when starting because the ECU ignores pedal demand when starting, it does do an idle output check on the pedal sensor on start up so if its pressed it will cause problems, best avoided.

I touch the pedal sometime when the starting and no problems
 

jluis

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Do you have codes? You could have a camshaft or crankshaft position sensor failed. If that’s the case then the coils won’t fire a spark
 

babel 101

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Well perhaps your car is broken? Apart from there being no point in touching the gas pedal when starting because the ECU ignores pedal demand when starting, it does do an idle output check on the pedal sensor on start up so if its pressed it will cause problems, best avoided.
My car works perfectly and from time to time I plug in the diagnostic machine. I have done this part once, from now on I will consider this information
thnks davy
 

CliveT

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My car is still not starting, battery became discharge as the trickle charger was unplugged. It now spins over fine but just wont go, I noted today however that when cranking the red immobiliser
light is glowing although I never alarm the car when its in the garage. I have tried alarming and disarming a number of times also disconnecting the battery for a while but still no start. Has anyone any ideas??. I am down in Kent near Sandwich not sure the best guys to get it to for this kind of issue.
 

jluis

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what red immobilizer light? The immobilizer light is a yellow car with a padlock
Are there any OBD codes that might point where to look? Crankshaft sensor and fuel pumps are always good places to start
 

jluis

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See if there are fault codes in the ECU and check the fuel pressure at the rails. Also, if the crankshaft sensor is faulty, the spark plugs relay won’t engage when cranking.
 

davy83

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have you changed the battery in the key recently? There is a little RF chip in the key which the immobiliser talks to while starting to get rid of the immobiliser lock. Any chance its an immobiliser problem? But I also reckon its an orange light like a padlock
 

CatmanV2

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have you changed the battery in the key recently? There is a little RF chip in the key which the immobiliser talks to while starting to get rid of the immobiliser lock. Any chance its an immobiliser problem? But I also reckon its an orange light like a padlock

While the battery is a good shout, the chip in the key is entirely passive and needs no battery at all to work with the immobiliser. That being said, I'm still not *at all* clear if this is some kind of after market alarm and / or immobiliser....... So it might be a top notch shout!

The red LED is *normally* the alarm. Nothing to do with the immobiliser. As said that's the orange padlock on the dash and only comes on when trying to start.

C
 

Oneball

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While the battery is a good shout, the chip in the key is entirely passive and needs no battery at all to work with the immobiliser. That being said, I'm still not *at all* clear if this is some kind of after market alarm and / or immobiliser....... So it might be a top notch shout!

The red LED is *normally* the alarm. Nothing to do with the immobiliser. As said that's the orange padlock on the dash and only comes on when trying to start.

C
I think Davy was suggesting if you’ve changed the battery recently the chip might have dropped out while you’d got the key apart.
 

CliveT

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Hi many thanks for your thoughts, I have tried the lock unlock sequence a number of times with both keys I will try a battery change in one and re-try.
Its the standard immobiliser no aftermarket system.
When starting the yellow code light turns off as does the red anti theft led but the latter comes on again when cranking the engine
The engine warning light is on but has done this before if the battery has discharged or the car has not been driven, it has always gone off after a short run.
Unfortunately my car is a 2000 and I dont have the kit to read the coads.