New Member needs help

[shenobi]

My wife and I own an 05 pt cuiser 5-speed and yesterday on her way to work, it shut off at 60mph and then would not start again. Timing chain appears to be intact. After the shutoff, nothing happens when she turns the key, no fuel pump sound, starter click, nothing. I tried to pull the codes and much to my suprise-there is no power at the ODBII port. I checked the scanner on my GT Mustang and it worked. Her port is dead. I need help, any suggestions?


Jody

[DIYPTGUY]

How many miles are on the car?

[crusierdad76]

Id for sure check the battery sounds like it somehow came unhooked

[shenobi]

There are 91,000 miles on the cruiser, I was going to change the timing belt in a couple of weeks. I checked the belt and it is fine. I checked the battey connections and they are fine. All lights work, but no power to ignition or the ODBII port

[CREWZIN]

Someone else once had a similar problem and I gave this answer after doing a search.

Check fuse #17 in the Power Distribution Center box under the hood. This fuse has a plastic pull-tab on it. It's used to control Ignition-Off Draw = IOD. The fuse is pushed in when you take delivery of the vehicle. The owners' manual explains that it's used to keep the battery from draining during extended storage. If it's blown, you will need to determine what caused it to blow. This 20a fuse won't blow unless you've added a load to the circuit or there is a component failure. It doesn't take much to blow the fuse, the addition of a stereo or alarm, or even the power window modification, if you wired it into that circuit. If you haven't added an additional load, and the vehicle self-tests check out OK, dealer service will need to diagnose the problem.

[DIYPTGUY]

Also maybe check the connection on the ignition. Could be a bad connection or a rusted bolt, not allowing the current to flow. If all the other electronics work, but the car doesnt start it may be that.