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Disconnect battery

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He disconnected battery for a while.
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Check floor of the car

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Check the floor of the car for water.
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Leading evidence: 'Disconnect battery' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Check floor of the car' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Check floor of the car

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Check the floor of the car for water.
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Check floor of the car

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Suggestion
Check the floor of the car for water.
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Disconnect battery

No successful repair reported for this finding.

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Reported fixes: 0
Unsuccessful attempts: 1
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Discussions that performed work without a confirmed outcome: 1

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster
He disconnected battery for a while.
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7 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Got email from friend. His 2001 C4 Cab, sat for 5 days without being driven. Heavy rain yesterday (car was outside). Approaching car, buzzing and/or clicking sound from both doors. Battery dead, door would not open with remote. Unlocked door with key, then he popped frunk by powering connections at fuse box. Has charged battery (time and current voltage unknown). Car will not crank with either key. Lights come on (dash) as normal. He suggests maybe brain lost key data, I think not. Dead battery should not do that. I�m thinking either battery is toast (needs load testing), clutch switch not activating or a relay failure somewhere. Not sure age of battery. The noise it was making before opening makes one think of a short or open relay somewhere. Any suggestions appreciated.

POST 2Original post

Check the floor of the car for water. Likely rain has gotten in and damaged the immobilizer.

POST 3 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Correct, he vacuumed about gallon of water from back floor boards. Then windows rolled up and down by themselves and horn blows. He disconnected battery for a while. After re-connecting, car now starts.

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Quotes source post: 17224046

He was lucky, the immobilizer is $2K to fix.

POST 5 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Is it under driver’s seat?

POST 6Original post

Quotes source post: 17224090

Yes https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...MyhOegUIARDsAQ

POST 7 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

That’s what he thought.

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