Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024 AT 1:34 PM
Ignition locked up. The car sat for over a year. Ran perfectly until the ignition locked up. No trouble codes or anything. When ignition locked up the wire going to the little light/lamp under the steering wheel like beside the hood release ended up grounding out. Finally replaced the entire ignition switch, lock cylinder and all. Got a locksmith to come out to program the key. I paid him $100. He says he cloned the chip from the original key. Crank no start. My husband is convinced that cloning the original chip won't work for this vehicle. I don't know one way or the other. What I do know is the car still won't start. So, I have it towed to Hyundai so they can program the key. Pay another $120 to have it programmed. Still won't start. So, my husband and I dig in deeper. Even with spraying starter fluid in the throttle body still no start which means it's not firing. We've checked all the fuses. In the small fuse box in the engine compartment (apparently the ICM) there was a 60a fuse that was in pretty rough shape. It was the ACG-S fuse. That's been replaced and still no start. I'm at my wits end with this car. I love the car and have put so much money into it. Too much money into really. It would suck to have to send it to the scrap yard. Any ideas? I could use some fresh ideas here because all I can come up with at this point is using it for target practice.