Engine quit, Car has 3/4's fuel, guage reads.

The reader hooked up to the connector, the reading said ECM COMMICATION ERROR. Could a bad ground be the problem?

This is what I can gather at this point. There is no spark. The fuel pump shows no life with the key in the on position (not even for a few seconds) and not even when cranking. It will pump when I jump the relay, and the pressure seems good at the valve on the fuel rail. The fuel guage is pegged empty and I know there is a half tank of gas. The injector plug has 12v on one pin, no pulsating ground on the other, The remote trunk opener does not work, it did last week. Security light goes on for a few seconds when the key is turned on, then turns off. The SERVICE ENGINE SOON light stays on all the while when the key is in the on position. There are no instrument panel illumination.
I HATE THIS CAR!

I'll try to buy a code reader tomorrow.

Bought this on Ebay for $50, should be here by the end of the week.
NEW MS509 OBD2 Scanner Code Reader Live Data Via Your PC with Data (Item # 281026898903)
I hope this will help.

Will do, I'll let you know when I get the reader. Probably not until after thursday.

I'd really like to keep trying to figure this out and not wait until the reader gets here. Is there any one component or condition that will cause all the symptoms this car is exhibiting? No spark, fuel pump and fuel injector issues, no instrument panel lights, inop trunk remote opener? And there might be other symptoms I haven't discovered yet.

Your last post has left me confused: "Heres the problem the dash lights trunk opener are controled by the bcm the other things you just mentioned are controled by the ecm. So its a blend between the two."

I'm wondering now if we were barking up the wrong tree with the first diagnosis? Here's why, the other things (you now say are controlled by the ECM) are the fuel pump, no spark, and the fuel gauge, so what made you suspect the BCM if the ECM is what controls the fuel, spark, etc? Could this have been a ECM problem from the get go?

Let's go back to the beginning, and I am certainly not an expert, so please correct me where I am wrong. If I recall correctly, the dash lights and the trunk control were not originally in play, both were operational before I changed the BCM, now they are not. The original problem was a no start condition, nothing to do with the dash lights or the trunk release. First symptoms were no fuel pump life, (without jumping the relay) no spark, and an erroneous fuel gauge reading. (Empty) That's all. Your first analysis was that it sounded like a BCM problem. So I installed another BCM, put it through the 'learning' procedure, and it didn't correct the problem. But now you say it is the BCM that controls the items that were working at the start of this repair, and it's the ECM that controls the fuel, and spark, not the BCM. So maybe I should have been looking at the ECM from the beginning? Is the ECM an acronym for the 'computer', and do you think I need to replace it?

Already did that, and they still don't work. Maybe I screwed the BCM up by taking it in and out a few times? I did read something about avoiding "static electricity", which I did not guard against. Hopfully when I get the reader I will be better able to gather some good data.

Where is the ECM located and should I be looking at replacing it?

I didn't ask where the PCM is, I asked where the ECM is
located, since that it the item you said controlled the fuel pump, spark, etc. And I don't know how to go about "linking with the ecm with your old bcm". As you requested I did reinstall the original BCM, if that is what is meant by "linking". Sorry for my lack of fluency in automotive speak, but I am an amateur.
Sorry, but I have no idea of what you are asking here: "The
hard part is
you can try to talk to the bcm. Because on those cars when I
cant talk to the ecm I see if I can talk to the bcm."

I did some reading and came across some info that suggests that I might have a bad crankshaft position indicator, so I just went to the auto parts store and bought one. Where is it located? I thought the (what looks like a probe) above the starter with the plastic connector plug was the CPI, but the plug is not the same as the unit I bought, so I am wondering if I am looking in the wrong place. This is a 2.2L 16 valve 4cyl.

ECM, TCM, PCM. Oh, I forgot BCM, this bitch sure does have a lot of M's. I'm trying to make sense of it all, it's a lot to grasp for my level of (modern) automotive diagnosis ability. And to tell you the truth I forgot what BCM was installed when we used my buddies scan tool. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, I'll be hunting in the morning, helping with dinner in the afternoon, so it looks like I'll be occupied for a while, and until my scanner arrives I'm probably just spinning my wheels. Another thing is that I work overseas and will be going away on Sunday, won't return until mid December. It looks like this window will be closed until I get back home. If I do get to work on the car before I leave I will post on this forum. Thanks for all your help, and I still hope to get it squared away when I return.

How could I forget the SDM, my bad. I just rechecked my schedule, I'm in DC Sunday, home Monday night, leaving again Tuesday evening, then gone until mid December. If the scanner arrives before I leave, I will plug it in and let you know. If not we'll have to pick up where we left off when I get back. Think we'll get this to fly before Christmas?