Thanks ala_xfire for the suggestion.

disclosure: I am in Maryland, my son and the car are in California.
I called him and had him try.
first Try car did not crank the 4th time after 3 cycle of turning the key on.
he disconnected the battery for 2 mins then
again 3 time the key on all the way to second position (no cranck) and the 4th time it did not crank.
one more negative dsconnect for a couple of mins and this time we try to turn on the car regularly, it started the second try.


Salvo