Car drived daily but did skip this Sunday.

This morning, the car will not start. It appeared engine is trying to rev up and start but died. Tried a few times, then white smoke came out of exhaust. Try another time by pressing gas pedal right after I push ignition button (was thinking if it is low idle issue), more white smoke came out.

Any clue?

 

have you tried jump starting it? maybe a dead battery
does the car turn over but doesn't want to start?
does it have gas?

 

Has gas.
Battery just changed 8 months ago.
Engine started for one second and died.

 

Clean the MAf sensors.

 

Hmm go to autozone and rent a obd2 scanner and see if you can get a code while you turn the car on just so the electronics turn on

 

what mod's do you have done to your car? everyone has stated all the obvious solutions... Let me know whats up? I'd like to know what the possible issue is because mine has around the same mileage. After the car is warm I have tried to turn off and on again and it hesitates a little.

 

Firstly as everyone said check the battery which dies easily in these cars for some people... then MAF is also a possibility, however If the car turns on 'for one second and then dies' then it has to be the alternator as the batteries job is just to start the car that its doing and then the alternator should take over. Best thing is to take a voltmeter to the battery and check before starting should be around 12+/- and then for the second that it starts it should jump to around 14+/- . If the voltmeter actually shows a drop once car starts and before turning off then the alternator is not working.

If its not the alternator and the battery then its most likely the the voltage regulator

 

hey guys, it turned out to be malfunction on left throttle body, SA said it is not closing properly? There is some sort of mechanism that open/close the TB?

Repair is covered under extended warranty and suggested that I should clean right TB for $180, no thanks of course.

Will have to DIY to clean right TB later if not too difficult.

BTW, engine did turn over so I knew it wasn't the battery. TB malfunction at 64K??? oh I'm getting worried about G's reliability.

 

What a ripoff for cleaning throttle bodies; I would definitely do it myself. I don't see the malfunction of a throttlebody that bad though or cause for alarm that the vehicle won't last. Its just a little quirk that you can fix and it'll be on its way I'm sure.

 

Try seafoam. There's a spray that you use on the tb, cleans instantly! It made my car stop hesitating while idling at lights and stuff.

 

make sure u disconnect ur battery before u clean the TB! made the mistake of not disconnecting and now my car idles high!

 

^different car but i never disconnected my batt and only moved the valve minimally jus enough to clean wat i have to clean. was too lazy but nothing bad happend woohoo

 

^ yeah of you go to the TB DIY thread you will see that people tried it both ways and everyone got different results, many that did disconnect the battery had no issue with high idle while some did and vice versa... its up to luck really.

 

^^ ha that sux! i have no luck!