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1998 rodeo
what lights, you wean the cluster warning lights are dead.
or the cluster park , illimunation lights are dead.
are parks working (outside)
are head lights bright? outside)
wont start, does that mean it wont CRANK?
that means the starter is silent or is just a click
nobody can answer (correctly) lacking those facts.
1: check all fuses.
2: head lights work if not battery terms are rusty clean them.?
3: key on.
4: CEL lamp must glow, (check engine light) if not fuses blown or battery is dead. for sure.
4: tune key to start, does starter spin crank shaft fast?
ill stop here. my wild guess is you will not get this far.
Make sure battery has a full charge and battery connections all good, on both ends, not just at the battery. I looked at info for 4 cylinder engine. You can see the two fuses, not only check the fuses, use a test light and check voltage at fuse circuit. The main fuse is hot all the time. The starter fuse goes hot with key in start position, so you need a helper to turn the key while you check for voltage at the fuse. At the starter motor, two voltage circuits, one comes from the battery, hot all the time. The other circuit goes hot with key in the start position and is wired through clutch switch and starter relay. The starter motor grounds through the engine block. If good voltage and ground circuits at the starter motor and no action, have to check starter motor and make sure the engine isn't seized. Any testing at starter motor, make sure tranny is in park or neutral and parking brake is set.
I'd have to make sure battery has a full charge and battery connections all good. You can use digital multimeter across battery posts, everything off, the generic spec for a full charge is around 12.6 volts. If the battery is down, get it charged up. We can't do any testing if the battery is down.
On further testing, you can take starter motor off, lay it on the ground. Hook up jumper cables properly from charged battery to starter motor, at the least, the starter motor should spin and kick out the drive gear. If it won't do both, then I suspect the starter motor has a problem. I only mentioned the starter motor because you heard a whirring noise, maybe that noise was the starter motor spinning but not engaging the flywheel, for some reason.
Your battery has enough amps and voltage to power up the accessories, but does not have enough amps to engage the starter motor. The click you here at the starter is the solenoid trying to allow the starter motor to turn. Either replace the battery and/or check the battery connections for corroded terminals.
Codes now have to be read by a code reading tool an obd2 reader.nice thing is that they come with a booklet listing what caused the code and they work on all vehicles.You should be able to by one for less than a garage charges you to use theirs.
Hi .
unlikely to be immobiliser fault ,so check basics,try a set of jump leads or check battery voltage above 12.5,if the clicking is coming from the starter motor with a fully charged battery then suspect starter motor failure.
Darren DCS
Over 45 causes for this to be on , get it to a shop who have Tech II and a isuzu card for it.
If its starting and goin ok then most likely throttle postion sensor is out but wont hurt the engine at all .
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