{"id":58431,"date":"2019-11-07T08:38:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T16:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=58431"},"modified":"2019-11-07T08:38:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T16:38:15","slug":"continuing-to-crank-but-not-start-2008-pontiac-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/11\/continuing-to-crank-but-not-start-2008-pontiac-grand-prix","title":{"rendered":"Continuing to crank but not start 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2006-pontiac-grand-prix.jpg\" alt=\"Pontiac Grand Prix\" width=\"597\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2006-pontiac-grand-prix.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2006-pontiac-grand-prix-300x110.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Suddenly car will crank just fine but not start. At the same time the car started continuing to crank after key is turned back. Where should I start troubleshooting?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- In-Article --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5950293074584657\" data-ad-slot=\"3814845838\"><\/ins> <script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Start your troubleshooting with reviewing the wiring diagram for the engine starting system. This will give you an idea of all the electronic components involved.\u00a0 After reviewing the diagram myself the first thing that I see that could cause the issue would be the relays. Your engines starting system has two separate relays involved. The IGN1 Relay and the Crank Relay. Relays have a tendency to get stuck or stick in one position when they go bad. I am thinking that is what is taking place here.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/nostart.html\"><strong>No Start Diagnostics<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=freea08-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B000C7YATI&amp;asins=B000C7YATI&amp;linkId=22419dc114fd2244f19b1456e0f5c207&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Engine Starting Wiring Diagram<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2008-pontiac-grand-prix-engine-starting.png\" alt=\"2008-pontiac-grand-prix-engine-starting\" width=\"1202\" height=\"970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2008-pontiac-grand-prix-engine-starting.png 1202w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2008-pontiac-grand-prix-engine-starting-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2008-pontiac-grand-prix-engine-starting-768x620.png 768w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2008-pontiac-grand-prix-engine-starting-1024x826.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1202px) 100vw, 1202px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suddenly car will crank just fine but not start. At the same time the car started continuing to crank after key is turned back. Where should I start troubleshooting? Start your troubleshooting with reviewing the wiring diagram for the engine starting system. This will give you an idea of all the electronic components involved.\u00a0 After&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/11\/continuing-to-crank-but-not-start-2008-pontiac-grand-prix\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Continuing to crank but not start 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15474,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,31],"tags":[23916,451],"class_list":["post-58431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-pontiac","tag-continuing-to-crank","tag-grand-prix"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Continuing to crank but not start 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/11\/continuing-to-crank-but-not-start-2008-pontiac-grand-prix\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Continuing to crank but not start 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Suddenly car will crank just fine but not start. 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