Hello guys!

Young Brit here looking for the forums wisdom on what may be wrong with my Crossfire. I have a 2006 Manual Coupe with about 90000 miles on the clock. Was sitting in a garage over lockdown and when I came around to picking it up I had the limp mode issue. (Symptoms: Wing stuck up, ESP/BAS light, Handbrake light, Brake light, no speedo) I got my ABS pump changed and stuck in a new battery which solved most of my issues apart from the ESP/BAS light.

I thought I would let a couple of paychecks land and then set on diagnosing that beauty of a problem. Been driving fine till now. Unfortunatelly today I went to start the car and all was fine till I went to turn it over. It produced a repeating clicking sound and all my dash lights and interior lights kept flashing. When I stopped trying to turn it over, there was a clicking sound coming from the right side of the engine bay (could have been from ESP module/ Fuse box/ maybe deeper in the engine) then I noticed that my interior lights (both front and boot one) kept flashing on and off. The mysterious ticking sound stopped after I could smell something sort of burning for a few seconds. After that nothing. No ticking sound no nothing. I tried to turn it over again but nothing. Disconnected battery and reconnected, but nothing. I just get that repeating clicking sound.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love my Crossfire so much and it would pain me to see it go over this.

Best regards,
George

 

My first action would be to remove the battery, have it tested at a reputable shop. Check back with us. James

 

As James said, it sounds like a failed battery. The burning smell may be due to loose/corroded battery terminals - not sure what else to attribute that to.

 

Check the main cable going to the starter for tightness,...both ends of the cable.