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My 2003 Toyota Matrix XR got stuck off the side of the road in the snow and I kept punching the accelerator until it red lined (wide open throttle), out of frustration (about 1 - 2 seconds of acceleration each time), without the car moving. I did that about 5 or 6 times before the car suddenly died and now will it not start. What could be wrong with my car?
Everything on the car is factory except for the radio, which is a run of the mill $150 Sony deal, (installed around 2004). The car has 110,000 - 115,000 miles on it and has only had two repairs thus far. The transmission has 70,000 - 75,000 miles (replaced around 2007) and a short was fixed, and a fuse replaced, in the unit that regulates the air to gas ratio (late 2010). Other than that absolutely no repairs at all.
When I try to start the car absolutely nothing happens. The radio does work when the battery is on, but when I try to turn the engine over the radio goes dead as it should while the engine is turning over, but nothing happens except for me groaning while the car sits in silence.
Oh, and I have had the car WOT quite a few times, years ago...pre-2007...and the car never died. The car has never died during acceleration, ever.
Everything on the car is factory except for the radio, which is a run of the mill $150 Sony deal, (installed around 2004). The car has 110,000 - 115,000 miles on it and has only had two repairs thus far. The transmission has 70,000 - 75,000 miles (replaced around 2007) and a short was fixed, and a fuse replaced, in the unit that regulates the air to gas ratio (late 2010). Other than that absolutely no repairs at all.
When I try to start the car absolutely nothing happens. The radio does work when the battery is on, but when I try to turn the engine over the radio goes dead as it should while the engine is turning over, but nothing happens except for me groaning while the car sits in silence.
Oh, and I have had the car WOT quite a few times, years ago...pre-2007...and the car never died. The car has never died during acceleration, ever.