RX8 died?

[mazdaspeed805]

My 8 just went dead on the way home. Not a battery issue, the lights and windows worked fine and I have half a tank of gas.

It wont crank or anything. Its a 05 with a 6 speed

[deepSpeedMS3]

im guess alternator

[tbot]

if it was the alternator the battery would be dead. I'm guessing fuel pump or something to do w/ spark...did you check all the fuses?

[chickenwafer]

So when you turn the ignition key, what happens? Nothing? Is there an audible clicking noise? Does it crank but not fire?

If you turn the key and NOTHING happens (no noises, no cranking, nothing) then you almost certainly have a blown fuse. If you still have power to everything else it's doubtful your alternator is blown (they rarely do on 8's anyways).

If you turn the key and hear a loud clicking noise, your starter or the starter solenoid could be toast (or battery dead).

If you turn the key and it cranks the engine over but isn't firing, you could have a blown fuse, or a slue of other issues. Most common would be your engine is flooded. If so you can try the de-flooding procedure by holding the accelerator pedal to the floor while cranking the car for 5-7 seconds. Release the accelerator pedal and stop cranking, then attempt cranking again without touching the accelerator pedal.

If that doesn't work, you can pull the fuel pump fuse and crank the motor for a good 10 seconds, put the fuel pump fuse back in and crank it again. It will take a few cranks for the pump to rebuild fuel pressure but it should fire up.

Let me know any more details.

[Huzer]

Did it die while driving? And as chickenwafer said, what exactly happens now when you turn the key?

[GR-8]

Wow that sucks. Hope it's something small and you figure it out.

I've had my car do this to me in the garage before. Try checking the battery terminals and make sure that they are on tight. Wiggle them a little.

[Ranger]

If you turn the key and NOTHING happens (no noises, no cranking, nothing) then you almost certainly have a blown fuse. If you still have power to everything else it's doubtful your alternator is blown (they rarely do on 8's anyways).

Also to add to this, in this scenario it may be the ignition switch itself. Though it's also rare for something like that to just randomly fail.

[GR-8]

My 8 just went dead on the way home. Not a battery issue, the lights and windows worked fine and I have half a tank of gas.

It wont crank or anything. Its a 05 with a 6 speed

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TXT me so I have your number again.