For all you Mitsu techs out there i hope you can help me figure this problem out soon.

Here's the situation. It involves a '94 3000gt. The car cranked up and was running just fine 41 days ago. However, it had been sitting since it was towed off the streets for the owner was DUI. All i know is that today i went to start the car for the first time since being towed, and nothing happened. I had put a fully charged battery in place of the old one that went dead before trying to crank up the car. There were no keys with the car so i had a master key made from the dealer. The car did not have a key fob either(don't know if they came with them???) It did however have a siren horn for some kind of alarm...don't know if it was stock or aftermarket. So i don't know if an alarm that was activated and when the battery went dead would cause a problem, of if the alarm system can be reset(hopefully easily).

Anyways, when i went to turn the ignition on absolutely nothing happened. The starter didn't even turn over. All acc. are in perfect operating condition. I can't figure out if this may be something electrical or a switch of some sort. Did the 94's come with immobilizer systems on them from the factory? Other than an immobilizer system interupting the circuit i can't think of what might prevent the car from starting(other than a dead starter).


Any constructive help would be appreciated as i don't want to have this thing towed. BTW....does there happen to be a Mitsu tech at one of the local dealers on the board that could help out?

 

Jump the starter ckt..? Is there a theft light..does it blink fast when the key is in the ignition

 

"ckt" ???

I do believe i saw a theft light when tooling around today, but can't remember if it blinked at all. All i can remember was the damn hazard lights sounded like they kept blinking even though i turned them off. Man was that annoying.

Also, jumping the starter proves to be a bit difficult with the starter that seems to be resting between the exhaust mani and the block. Couldn't find it from the top side and could lift it in the air to locate the starter cause the damn thing was sitting in such a way that it was nearly frame on ground. What would you use to jump the starter?

 

Go to 3Si.org and ask there.

 

yeah, my friend has had 2 VR-4's, and ive unfortuantly been dragged into working on both of them. whenever we had a question, we went there, and those guys know everything

very good tech site

 

Sounds like thats your answer..btw ckt stands for circut

 

Thanks, i'll give it a try.