Good morning,
I have owned my 2006 Crossfire convertible now since 2009 and so far have done 100% of my own maintenance on it. I have found it difficult to find shops willing to touch it.
I have replace the Convertible top, the Alternator, the idler pully, the A/C Fan blower and more...
I find that strange because it is truly a mechanics car, the engineering is logical and the access to components are simple. Then again I have not had big problems.
Yesterday I backed the car out of the driveway to work on the Golf cart which wouldn't go (no potentiometer action).
After doing so, I took down the XFire Trunk interior to replace a RH Bad Bake light (Filaments looked fine); replaced it anyway went to move the Crossfire back in the garage; then it happened...
No Engine Crank, No Brake Lights, With key on; Auto Transmission would not come out of Park & Tail Fin was up and would not retract,
This was crazy, all of these failing at the same time, has to be some anti-theft devise engaged or a computer failure.
I found these two useful YouTube videos. I believe I had a problem of both, the RSM & the SKEEM.
What I believe happened was my Crank/Start function failed due to bad solder AND my
three attempts triggered the Antitheft and killed the key fob.
My Fix?
1. Removed the Negative Lead off the batter (safety and this killed the computer and SKEEM Memory).
2. I removed the RCM Board as per video #1, found the bad solder joints suggested - 4th picture, (I had 4 bad on the Start relay of the board and 5 other bad solders). Repaired the solder joints.
In the 4th picture you can see the black area of NO-Contact on the solder joints, this is not typically visible on the naked eye (picture 3), take a good focus picture of these and blow it up.
3. Reinstalled and put the car back together, car started first try.
Maybe this fixed my problem, it was simple.
See photos:
If you have this problem, these videos my help.
RCM: Relay Control Module:
SKEEM Repair and Replacement: