Mindspin311

Ok here is my dillema:

Went to start my car and nothing happened, starter didnt even turn

Lights began to dimm down and I heard a semi-rapid beeping, it went; beep beep, beep, beep beep..

So I take my key out of the ignition and I hear a buzzing sound, it eventually stops and when it does stop, you hear a click. I tracked it down to be coming from under the passenger side dash. Once it clicks off, the door lights brighten slightly. Also, when the buzzing is happening, I can pus the brake and it will stop until I release the brake.

So I have nothing coming from the starter, no dash lights, very dimm warning lights, and a buzzing coming from under the passenger side dash.

I talked to a friend who mentioned a current draw, I am going to try and jump the car tomorrow and see what happens.

SpiffyD

i think...its your battery you need to recharge it...

rotary downshift

your friend mentiond a current draw ... well that current draw is motst likly coming from a bad ground or an improper ground ... meaning somthing is grounding out ,,,,,, simalar thing happined in both my hondas .... in my case it stemd froma combonation of a bad engine ground and had totaly polishised my sterio system ... and yes ... i am polish lol so chech ur grounds ......

FirstRotaryExp

iTrader: (3)

The 5 beeps you hear in succession is covered in the FAQ. It means your steering wheel is misaligned.

Mindspin311

I am going back tomorrow to try and jump it and see what happens.

311unity13B

this is the master diagnosis of RX-7's....everything is a bad ground

flat tire? oh, that must be a bad ground

not getting 40mpg? you have bad grounds!!!!!!

rotary downshift

lol i dont know weather i should be offended or if u were agreeing with me ... call me silly but it seemd to be more of an insult than nething ...

311unity13B

wasnt directed towards you, its a very common diagnosis from people on here

rotary downshift

aye ... well thnx for clearing it up .... althoe i dont think i would have minded the critisism .. on account of beacuse i am very new at this .. however alot of times with any sort or electricle failure it is usualy grounding out or a bad ground lol ... i liked ur reply thoe ... it all made sense ...

311unity13B

or a motor stuck, i told him to check his door locks, window motor, blower motor, etc. any of those stuck on can run a batter dead in a few hours

rotary downshift

aye this is also true it happined to my good friend he drives an 87 gta his window switches got stuck killed his battery over night

Mindspin311

I forgot to add this, when the buzzing is coming from the passenger side, if I close the door it will stop, and when I open the door again, it will continue on again before clicking off

311unity13B

in an s4, under the passenger dash, you have theft-deterrent control unit, emission control unit, cooling fan control unit, atmostpheric pressure sensor, and a speaker and amp

not sure about an s5 for the units and locations of they are the same or not

Mindspin311

hmm, theft deterrent thingy maybe not letting my car start?

Brian Barna

Do you have an owner's manual? This may sound simple, but if you read it for your car, and you find out that you do have a theft deterrent system, you may find out a couple of things to solve your problem. It does sound like that the deterrent system is cutting out your ignition. Almost sounds like one of your lock switches is bad, and the ECU is reading it like it has been forced open without a key. I did think that the alarm system was supposed to be louder than what you described, though.

Tournapart

iTrader: (4)

try using your key to unlock the trunk, close it and try to start your car.

Mindspin311

Well the good news is that it was just a really dead battery, nothing an red top couldnt fix. Notw I gotta figure out if it was just simply from a really old battery or if I have some sort of current draw, which would suck

311unity13B

it has some sort of current draw, find it!