Hi guys,

Battery went flat a few days ago, battery is about 6 years old as it is an 03 model. Battery cells were gone.

Had the battery replaced. Went to the petrol station to fill up about 3 km's down the road. Locked the car then unlocked. Went to start the car and the rpm's went up as normal then dropped which lead the car to turn off. Oil, battery and engine light came on. Second attempt same symptoms. Third attempt turned on however this time the rpm completely dropped just above 0 then all of the sudden went back to 700rpm drove off as car was running. On the third attempt it almost sounded like the car wanted to turn off. Got home locked the car and left it locked for about an hour, i again attempted to turn the car on same thing engine turned on, rpm dropped all the way and turned off.

Please help my auto electrician does not know what is wrong with the car, it is the first time he has worked on a car like this. It is an import from japan the car was never sold in Australia so it is all new to the trade.

Kind Regards Yianni

 

My battery went dead about a year ago and I replaced it and had the same thing happen to me. After doing a search I followed instructions on cleaning the throttle body.. then i did a throttle body reset and ECU reset and my car was back to normal. Sorry Im at work and dont have time to find the thread for you.. mayb someone else can chime in.

 

Is your car running fine?