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Hill climb mode not available and now won’t turn over

Pizza247
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Son bought a new car; gave hubby his Ford Fiesta. Ran fine. Got in today went to back up. Came across: hill climb mode not available. Brakes acted as though they were locked. He put it in park; turned car off. Now won’t even turn over. Any suggestions on what to look at?

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    4 minutes ago, Pizza247 said:

    Son bought a new car; gave hubby his Ford Fiesta. Ran fine. Got in today went to back up. Came across: hill climb mode not available. Brakes acted as though they were locked. He put it in park; turned car off. Now won’t even turn over. Any suggestions on what to look at?

    this may seem obvious, but check the battery hasn't gone flat, also what warning lights come up on the dash?

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    Battery if fairly new and checked. Lights that came on were the wrench, check engine, wheel lock, anti theft and when he checked code it said 101

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    2 minutes ago, Neb_engineer said:

    this may seem obvious, but check the battery hasn't gone flat, also what warning lights come up on the dash?

    Sorry posted it above didn’t see I could post here, battery fairly new and  checked. Lights came on: wrench, check engine, wheel lock, anti theft. Code 101

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    do you have the ability to read live data off the car, if so can you read what the MAF is telling the ECU while trying to crank?

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    also is that a P0101 code you read?

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    5 minutes ago, Neb_engineer said:

    do you have the ability to read live data off the car, if so can you read what the MAF is telling the ECU while trying to crank?

    It won’t crank; it won’t do anything

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    5 minutes ago, Neb_engineer said:

    also is that a P0101 code you read?

    Yes

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    Is that the only code he read, because a P0101 shouldn't cause a no crank?

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    Just now, Pizza247 said:
    1 hour ago, Neb_engineer said:

    Is that the only code he read, because a P0101 shouldn't cause a no crank?

    Yes, I believe so. He’s so frustrated he can’t figure it out

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    It does sound like a battery fault.  Is it the correct battery?  Are the terminals tight?  What voltage is it showing?

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    12 hours ago, Pizza247 said:

     

     

    12 hours ago, Pizza247 said:

     

    I did find out he said it did show P402

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    12 hours ago, Pizza247 said:

     

    I did find out he said it did show p402

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    are you sure there isn't any other codes aside from those two codes, as those two codes still wouldn't stop it from cranking, because p0101 is a MAF code, p0402 is an EGR related code

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