Thread: 2008 Grand Prix no start issue

First time post, long time lurker

I had a strange issue this morning with my 08 grand prix (all stock). I noticed last night that the date on my DIC was reset; I corrected the date before heading into the store. When I got back in the car the date was correct, but now the time on the radio was reset, I fixed it and went home.

I went to start the car this morning, turned the ignition on, radio and lights came on like they should, they I went to start it, all the lights and radio went off. No clicks or anything, it’s like someone took the battery out. I fooled around with it for a bit, I tried to jump it off my truck; I was able to get the lights and radio working while it was jumped, but it wouldn’t start.

Took the battery to auto zone, they said it was 100%. Cleaned the terminals and the ground connection to the chassis and it started right up. The terminals aren’t that bad, I find it hard to believe that it was the cause of the issues, have any of you guys seen this before?

Originally Posted by Bio248

it sounds like the terminals werent tight or corroded a little. have you done any recent work that required to remove any of the major ground points at all?

Nope, in fact this was the first time I have had the battery terminals off, there was some corrosion on the positive side, I didn’t think it was enough to cause an issue. Guess it could have though.