Thread: Car crash wont start

So i got in an accident with my black 2000 gtp coupe:'( it crumpled a little bit and im keeping the car to fiix in the future when i get the funds because it has a very close sentimental meaning to me, anyway it wont start now, there doesnt appear to be anything stopping it from running its got spark and cranks good, but i dont think its getting fuel, the fuel range is blinking zero and after the accident the gas gauge went to full and is stuck there. Do these cars disable the fuel pump after an accident? is there a switch or a fuse it pops or did something just die on impact? any ideas? thanks

asking the internet if your fuel pump is turning on is probably the least effective method.

...Stick your ear in the gas tank fill, push the test port on the fuel rail and see if it sprays fuel... etc..

Here's a good question- have you checked all your fueses??? Really easy to do. Check the underhood and inside the car ones as well. As Bill said based on impact area there may be more to it (crushed wire, broken, etc).

crap i forgot about that i just went out and listened and the fuel pump doesnt turn on, i checked the fuel rail too and it doesnt spray out of the little tester or anything, fuel pump fuse under hood is good too, now what could cause the fuel pump not to turn on?

Still haven't told us where the area of impact was on the car. That may help guide us to a solution.

Barring that, could be a crushed/disconnected wire, bad pump, bad relay, bad ECM, bad ground/wire grounding out, etc...

crap i forgot about that i just went out and listened and the fuel pump doesnt turn on, i checked the fuel rail too and it doesnt spray out of the little tester or anything, fuel pump fuse under hood is good too, now what could cause the fuel pump not to turn on?(other than the fuel pump being bad) wanna make sure before i buy a different fuel pump

thought i typed whwere it was but apparently im brain dead today, front drivers side, computer wiring harness looks fine weve inspected it

Yep, and the PCM lives under the airbox. I'd remove the airbox and take a good look in that area. Worst case, grab a jy PCM w/ the same catch code on it and swap it in and see if it fires up.

none of the wires are broken on the pcm, it was kinda just sitting there cus i didnt have an airbox but it visually isnt damaged at all, i dont know if something happened inside

So none of the wiring harness got touched by the impact, even further back from the PCM? Then I would suspect a fried PCM at this point if all fuses are good.

im thinking its a dead pcm at this point, we hooked the scan tool to her yesterday and it wouldnt communicate

Just on the off chance, did you check the fuse for the OBD port? It should have one for it. I've had that happen on my car before. If fuse is good then sounds like you found the issue.