Originally Posted by
Tbirdtony
SrWilliams, I had the same problem a month ago. All dash lights worked normal but when I turned the key to start there was nothing (the engine did not turn over). My problem turned out to be a bad battery. My battery passed the load test at AutoZone but the readout said that the battery had only 50% capacity. AutoZone put it on their charger for 45 minutes and the battery passed the load test again but still the readout said that the battery had only 50% capacity. I tried the charged battery and the engine still didn't turn over. I purchased a new battery and the engine started right up and everything has been fine since. You may only have a bad battery. Get it checked. Hope this info helps.
Tbirdtony:
You are so right on as I sent the night reading all of the car forums who experienced this problem with n o start after clearing codes and consensus was bad battery. I trickle charged the battery over night and got it to 100% but I did not try to start the car. But instead took the battery over to auto zone and it is being charged by them as well. In a couple of hours I will try to start the car with the battery. If it does not turn over I will use a battery from one of my other cars to see if that will start the car.
I just cannot believe simply erasing codes with an OBDII will cause a car to start. the way others in other car forums explained that spending two days reading and erasing codes probably caused the battery to drain. I think a good indicator of this is even though my dash lights were working and the headlights came on yesterday, the spoiler was stuck in an up position and would not close. Instead, the spoiler warning button was flashing, which I read somewhere indicates battery issue