Thread: no ignition or dash

Heya

I have a 95 P38 HSE
yesterday jumped in to go to work, remote opened the doors, got in, turned key, had acessories but no dash when cycling through to ignition. got out the car... stood dumbfouned or 20 seconds and hey presto... dash light on and turned the key and away we go...

got down the road.. dash lights flickering... then she stalled. lights came on a second later and she fired up no problem. drove back home (gave myself the day off too haha) and it flickered (resetting ignition sequence) all the way.

Played with terminals, checked and cleaned every fuse and relay both BECM and under bonnet. Checked 12V to all three BECM power feeds, ok.

Checked earth from fuse box, checked earth from BECM.

Being st paddys day I then slowed the process of elimitation by way of beer.

Ok, got up this morning...slowly....bloody Jamesons.... and went into the garage. No dash at all and everything I do wont change that. The BECM seems to still be working as the dash will still show ignition key in, bonnet open etc etc etc. However, it also showed ignition key in a few times when the key was out, andthe accessories all work perfectly. there is a clicking in the BECM when the key is turned to start but nothing else, there IS a power drain as the light on the 12v lighter adapter for the retro fitted reverse camera dimms when the key is turned.
Car has new TRS engine, NEW battery, NEW cables.

Myabe it's just peed off cos its parked next to a Caterham in the garage.... and its feeling fat or something.

Any thoughts?
Or should I just go back to the Jamesons and call a tow truck toorrow?

Cheers in advance

Originally Posted by Craig_Keira

Hold on Hammy. New BECM, new fuse box AND new ECU?

It would appear these guys are having guesses with your credit card. I've had this happen to me with a Falcon (of all exotica!). I was charged $800 to not fix it then fixed it myself with a 2nd hand instrument cluster for $165. I delayed exploding until in front of the autoelectrician. His excuse was "I don't know anything about car computers."

When something stops working like this, it's usually because something broke/fried. Not half a dozen things all magically failing at once. The excuse usually goes like this "oh well, yeah the fuse box fried, took out the becm and the ecu. Yeah, real bad mate - unlucky.'" See para above where I was fed exactly that crap prior to finding out he knew nothing.

Has anyone hooked some diagnostics up to your car? Or are they trying to fix it with a test light and a multimeter?

X2. Agree with Craig's concerns... people see range rover badges and assume you are made of money. I hope you have mates at this place otherwise that bill could be more than the cars worth.

Parts for these cars are too expensive to play fix by process of elimination with... there are plenty of tools available to plug in and properly diagnose the cause. Put your foot down with them and find out what they are using to determine the problem before you lose the shirt off your back.

Tell them you will want all your "bad" parts back, they are still yours and you can use them to check up on the job and often reco (like the fuse box... it can be revived if you are patient). And finally, do not pay for parts unless they were actually causing the problem they are supposed to fix for you.