I've got a riddle...

[highfall]

I'm sitting here in my vehicross and it won't start and it's got a new battery and the starter's not even clicking...

I drove over some crazy bumpy terrain, drove a few feet and parked. When I returned a few hours later, it won't turn over! It won't even click!

Its as if I accidentally jarred loose a kill switch or something. All the electronics work, but no start! Like trying to start a car without depressing the brake pedal...

Speaking of depressing, I have no doubt depressed the **** out of you all.

If anyone has any thoughts, I'm just sitting in this parking lot waiting on a tow truck...

Thanks for any help at all, or even the consideration of helping,
James

PS. If you want to see the vehicross you will be advising about, you can watch it explode in the first few frames of this little comedic short film I directed called 'Terminator: Termination'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPjsfMSK5ig

[Mile High VX]

Check the connections at the starter and also the connector for the shifter...any loose connection at those points will not allow the VX to start...

[PK]

Brake pedal interlock switch or blown fuse??

PK

[Ldub]

Loose/corroded batt terminal connections?...:_confused

[IndianaVX]

Agree with shifter connectors, but should shifter selector lever be suspect? Sounds like the key turns, which I don't thick could happen if shifter was in gear ...... That's all I gots! Best of luck!

[Triathlete]

Corroded or loose battery/ground cable.

[Mile High VX]

Corroded or loose battery/ground cable.

If this were the case would the other electicals work? Just asking for my own education...:bwgy::smilewink:bgwo::bgwb:

[twalker920]

Loose or corroded battery terminals would allow a small amount of current through (it's still a conductor, just a very high resistance one)...say, enough to light up the dash. But it wouldn't allow the cranking amps through to turn the starter. So that's one possibility.

But to go that dead that fast I would agree with the fuse and/or interlock switches.

Hope you figure it out!

[Y33TREKker]

Was anyone available to try jump starting it? Maybe a light got left on and the battery just got drained during those hours you were gone?

[Zu4two]

Any noise or clicking sound around the center console when turning the key? If so, it might be the shifter interlock or a bad starter relay in the engine bay fusebox.

[Ldub]

Loose/corroded batt terminal connections?...:_confused


Corroded or loose battery/ground cable.

Are you following me...:laughing:

[Triathlete]

Are you following me...:laughing:

Psss! Look over your shoulder. :yesy: :bwgy:

[Ldub]

Psss! Look over your shoulder. :yesy: :bwgy:

D'O H...

http://nicoleindeutschland.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/homer-simpson-doh.gif

[circmand]

Could it just be the starter is just toast?

[Rampage108]

Try the old trick of tapping on the starter. Or jiggle starter connection wire.

[highfall]

Disconnected starter wire! I missed it, two Triple-Aholes missed it.
My mechanic clocked it in just under a minute!
Seriously, thanks for all of the advice. It is greatly appreciated!

James

[circmand]

Disconnected starter wire! I missed it, two Triple-Aholes missed it.
My mechanic clocked it in just under a minute!
Seriously, thanks for all of the advice. It is greatly appreciated!

James

Now a days. Mechanics only know how to hook up a computer and replace a part and over charge

[Y33TREKker]

Happy to hear that's all it was. Sometimes it's the simple stuff that get's overlooked.