Originally Posted by
americanretrodave
I had to look at your profile to figure out what year you had. It helps when you list your year, miles, and things recently replaced. I smell a CPS, on the early 04's maybe the late ones too, they didn't enjoy a heat shield, it may just had been it's time to go out. It's an easy fix and not expensive. Washing the car shouldn't have caused any problems, as mentioned, you didn't wash the engine nor the dash. Just my two cents.
Dave
The smell of a CPS comes with the sound of a starter engaging..
Originally Posted by
onehundred80
Maybe the answer to the problem skreems at us.
Ahh.. the classic symptom.. and since he didn't just swap to a new fob.. LOL
Pulling the battery cable for a couple of seconds then trying again with the same results is a pretty solid indicator.