This afternoon I was moving my daughter out of her apartment. I drove Bumblebee from my house to her apartment, her apartment to lunch and lunch back to her apartment with no issues. Once we were all loaded up and ready to go, I started it, rolled up the windows and turned on the AC. As soon as I started to pull away from the curb it died. Tried to start it a few times to no avail - it cranked fine, wanted to turn over but no go. I couldn't tell if the fuel pump was going or not due to all the ambient noise. I called AAA and of course, once the flatbed got there, the driver started it and it fired right up. To play it safe, I had it towed home and it fired right up to take it off the flatbed and drive it down my driveway. It sounds to me like classic fuel pump starting to go, but...
Now for the rub that is making wonder if I should dig deeper. Since I got my rear end replaced a few weeks ago, the airbag light light has been on. I had it scanned and it came up as an impact sensor. I scanned it with my OBD app and no codes came up. I'm inclined to replace the fuel pump but don't want to throw money at it if it could be something related to the airbag. I've had about five grand in auto related repairs among our rides and want to make sure I get it right the first time. Do you think anything related to the airbag could cause this or should I go with the fuel pump scenario. Based on the age of the truck and mileage (177,000) fuel pump makes perfect sense, but...
Oh yeah, I need to drive it from Cincinnati to Madison, WI in a few weeks to move her for her co-op job. Needless to say, I don't want anything to fail for that trip.
Thanks gang.
Now for the rub that is making wonder if I should dig deeper. Since I got my rear end replaced a few weeks ago, the airbag light light has been on. I had it scanned and it came up as an impact sensor. I scanned it with my OBD app and no codes came up. I'm inclined to replace the fuel pump but don't want to throw money at it if it could be something related to the airbag. I've had about five grand in auto related repairs among our rides and want to make sure I get it right the first time. Do you think anything related to the airbag could cause this or should I go with the fuel pump scenario. Based on the age of the truck and mileage (177,000) fuel pump makes perfect sense, but...
Oh yeah, I need to drive it from Cincinnati to Madison, WI in a few weeks to move her for her co-op job. Needless to say, I don't want anything to fail for that trip.
Thanks gang.