Car wouldn't start.

[GennyFromDaBlock]

Hi all. Something interesting happened yesterday. I'm in St. Louis, and yesterday was a pretty cold day. I got in my car (2009 3.8 tech plus), started it up and drove about ten minutes to the grocery store.
I was in the store maybe 20 minutes; I came out, put the groceries in the trunk, and got in the car. I pushed the start button, and NOTHING happened...the car was dead...(I think maybe the steering wheel unlocked)...thinking the fob might be dead (even though I put new batteries in both in September), I put the fob in the holder and pushed the start button...nothing (this MIGHT be when the steering wheel unlocked).

So, I took the fob out of the holder and locked and unlocked the door using it (just to check the battery); I pushed the start button again...and the car fired right up. I haven't had any issues today so far...has anyone seen the not starting thing though?

 

[mcginnpm]

Welcome to the club.

I've had something similar happen to me twice in the 3 years I've owned my Genny.

Car wouldn't start. Walked away. Came back a few minutes later. It fired right up. Couldn't be duplicated at the dealer. No codes in the sytem. No ideas why it happened. Short of putting a monitor on the CAN that records every "tron" scootin' around the network, all the time, every day...we'll probablly never find out why this happens.

I think the software was developed by Microsoft

 

[GennyFromDaBlock]

Not sure how legit this is. I saw it on another forum.

"Bad brake switch. They told me before we got it off the tow. Seems recently they've had three coupes, a Sonata and another car. Ruined the start of my day, but all's better now. (By the way, it made no sound; just turned dash lights on and back off. He said if you really stomp the brake sometimes that will get it to work. They replaced the switch with a new type.)"

If it happens again, I will have it towed to a dealership and see if they know anything about it...