Posted: 6/12/2015 4:13:34 PM EDT
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Have a 2008 Terrain with the V6. Just had to rescue my son. He stopped at a garage to get gas and now the truck won't start. When I turned the key the check engine light came on, then all the idiot lights flashed and both the tach and speedo needles made a full sweep from left to right and back. Plus "service stabiltrac" message came up on the dash. Searching the terrain forums but not finding anyone that had the same issue in that their vehicle won't start. |
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Quoted: Obviously check the connections to the battery and from to the alternator. Have you tried to jump it? |
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no didn't try that due to the warning lights all flashing the tach and speedometer having a mind of their own and the stabiltrac service message. I'm going to go pout with my obd reader and pull the codes. might try and boost it while I'm there. Quoted:
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Obviously check the connections to the battery and from to the alternator. Have you tried to jump it? A faulty or dead battery will cause all sorts of chaos during the self check on many vehicles and even though the dash is lit up and lights work the electrical will be a mess. Although typically there are symptomatic clues leading up to a dead battery. |
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Quoted: I know whats wrong. Terrain did not come out until 2010.  owned. lolWell I went out and check the codes..none there. So I figured WTH..I'll try and boost it and it took right off. I drove it home, picked up the boss, went and got my truck and came home. When she tried to start it again..same thing. So I started looking around under the hood and noticed a bit of corrosion on the little bit of the positive battery terminal that I could see. So I removed the computer and discovered this...   I have never in all my years owning cars seen a battery terminal corroded like that. Cleaned it off, put some dielectric grease on it and it started right up. |
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owned. lol
Well I went out and check the codes..none there. So I figured WTH..I'll try and boost it and it took right off. I drove it home, picked up the boss, went and got my truck and came home. When she tried to start it again..same thing. So I started looking around under the hood and noticed a bit of corrosion on the little bit of the positive battery terminal that I could see. So I removed the computer and discovered this... http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=77781
I have never in all my years owning cars seen a battery terminal corroded like that. Cleaned it off, put some dielectric grease on it and it started right up. Quoted:
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I know whats wrong. Terrain did not come out until 2010. owned. lol
Well I went out and check the codes..none there. So I figured WTH..I'll try and boost it and it took right off. I drove it home, picked up the boss, went and got my truck and came home. When she tried to start it again..same thing. So I started looking around under the hood and noticed a bit of corrosion on the little bit of the positive battery terminal that I could see. So I removed the computer and discovered this... http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=77781
I have never in all my years owning cars seen a battery terminal corroded like that. Cleaned it off, put some dielectric grease on it and it started right up. Get new cables too, they will be full of corrosion. |
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Now that is just crazy talk...what could go wrong up here this winter at -30C?
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Get new cables too, they will be full of corrosion.
Lived through a few of those winters , but those cables full of corrosion will cause problems even with NORMAL temperatures.
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