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SSVictor · 03-18-2022, 09:20 PM

I just got a 3000 stall converter installed and it was running fine when I got it after 1 hour of driving a engine light came on with abs and stability track and all my gauges also stopped working. My car wouldn’t shift out of 1st gear. Whenever I looked at the engine light on my SCT Tuner it said General Error 21000. Now my car won’t crank at all.

SSVictor · 03-18-2022, 10:14 PM

Update now when I try to crank it it acts like the battery is dead but all the gauges and everything work perfectly fine and the battery isn’t bad.

HDRDTD · 03-18-2022, 10:24 PM

Are you still using the original battery ?

SSVictor · 03-18-2022, 10:27 PM

Yes it’s the original battery

joshnmn · 03-19-2022, 06:29 AM

It's way past time for a new one

Brutale arancia · 03-19-2022, 07:53 AM

Reminds me of the time I let a wire get pinched between the block and bellhousing.

HDRDTD · 03-19-2022, 08:50 AM

Yes indeed it's time for a new battery regardless of how you have determined that your battery is 'ggod'.
With age and all the electronic stuff in our cars, when a battery ages, they cause all sorts of strange things happening.

ADVMax · 03-19-2022, 11:52 AM

Have a load test done on the battery. Mine was still cranking the car fine but I had some of the “time for a battery” indicators. These cars will tell you when you need to freshen up the battery. A load test tells it all, mine went flat about the time he hit the switch on the load tester.

SSVictor · 03-19-2022, 01:15 PM

The battery is 70 percent charged

SS376 · 03-19-2022, 01:23 PM

I'd throw a new battery in. Even if that isn't the problem you need one anyway.

HOJO · 03-19-2022, 02:46 PM

For peace of mind, and most likely to fix your problems, get a new battery. Lots of members here with issues like yours and it solved their problems. Mine worked fine up until the day it died. Was at a buddies shop, had to move my car for a customer. Back out onto the street and installed it, I know I know, car would not start. Battery went completely flat. In my buddies 40 years of owning a shop he has never seen a battery take a sudden hit like that. Luckily I was at the shop, would not wanted to get stranded.

FasNuf · 03-19-2022, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by SSVictor

The battery is 70 percent charged

Battery voltage isn't a good indicator of a batteries capacity.

romcjr · 03-19-2022, 06:17 PM

I'd listen to these guys about the new battery . I've only been here a short time , but I can't tell you how many threads I've seen with exactly the same symptoms and a new battery fixed it !!!

TheFlyingBananaSS · 03-19-2022, 06:41 PM

Most likely the battery but a poor ground can cause this too. Regardless it's time for a new battery anyway.

03-18-2022, 09:20 PM	#1
SSVictor Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Alabama Posts: 29	Help car won’t turn on after torque converter I just got a 3000 stall converter installed and it was running fine when I got it after 1 hour of driving a engine light came on with abs and stability track and all my gauges also stopped working. My car wouldn’t shift out of 1st gear. Whenever I looked at the engine light on my SCT Tuner it said General Error 21000. Now my car won’t crank at all.

03-19-2022, 06:17 PM	#13
romcjr Drives: Two 1984 Z28 / 2014 2SS/RS AGM L99 Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: WALLER , TEXAS Posts: 253 View My Garage	I'd listen to these guys about the new battery . I've only been here a short time , but I can't tell you how many threads I've seen with exactly the same symptoms and a new battery fixed it !!! __________________ 2014 2SS/RS AGM L99 CAI Intake ELITE Catch Can POWERSTOP Brakes (5/31/21)

03-19-2022, 06:41 PM	#14
TheFlyingBananaSS Evil Genius of Chevrolet Drives: 2017 Z06, 2019 XTS, 2013 SS Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: New York Posts: 3,260	Most likely the battery but a poor ground can cause this too. Regardless it's time for a new battery anyway. __________________ GPI SS2 VVT cam, ECS Novi 1500 supercharger, Corsa Extreme, Detroit Speed and BMR suspension, Circle D triple disc, Melling oil pump, LS2 chain tensioner, ATI 10% UD, DSX E85 kit, High Energy coils, BTR springs, LS2 Lifter trays, Titanium retainers, hardened push rods, FIC 1000 injectors, ZL1 pump, Mighty Mouse catch can, AEM gauges, Tial BOV, Richmond 3.91 gears, Custom gauge bezels, Speed Engineering headers, Stainless Works HF cats, DSX Aux pump, 710rwhp on E85.

03-18-2022, 10:14 PM	#2
SSVictor Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Alabama Posts: 29	Update now when I try to crank it it acts like the battery is dead but all the gauges and everything work perfectly fine and the battery isn’t bad.

03-18-2022, 10:24 PM	#3
HDRDTD Drives: 2013 Triple Black ZL1 Vert M6 ECF Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Trenton, Michigan Posts: 7,047	Are you still using the original battery ?

03-18-2022, 10:27 PM	#4
SSVictor Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Alabama Posts: 29	Yes it’s the original battery

03-19-2022, 06:29 AM	#5
joshnmn 2&THEHIT Drives: 5th Gen Camaro; 5th Gen Ram 3500 Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Garner, NC Posts: 1,013 View My Garage	It's way past time for a new one

03-19-2022, 07:53 AM	#6
Brutale arancia Drives: 2013 ZL1 Camaro Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Michigan Posts: 218	Reminds me of the time I let a wire get pinched between the block and bellhousing.

03-19-2022, 08:50 AM	#7
HDRDTD Drives: 2013 Triple Black ZL1 Vert M6 ECF Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Trenton, Michigan Posts: 7,047	Yes indeed it's time for a new battery regardless of how you have determined that your battery is 'ggod'. With age and all the electronic stuff in our cars, when a battery ages, they cause all sorts of strange things happening.

03-19-2022, 11:52 AM	#8
ADVMax Sporting Foole Drives: 2010 Camaro SS Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Alabama Posts: 500	Have a load test done on the battery. Mine was still cranking the car fine but I had some of the “time for a battery” indicators. These cars will tell you when you need to freshen up the battery. A load test tells it all, mine went flat about the time he hit the switch on the load tester.

03-19-2022, 01:15 PM	#9
SSVictor Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Alabama Posts: 29	The battery is 70 percent charged

03-19-2022, 01:23 PM	#10
SS376 Drives: 2013 1SS LS3 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 807	I'd throw a new battery in. Even if that isn't the problem you need one anyway.

03-19-2022, 02:46 PM	#11
HOJO Drives: 2014 Camaro SS/RS 1LE 1967 Camaro Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Posts: 874	For peace of mind, and most likely to fix your problems, get a new battery. Lots of members here with issues like yours and it solved their problems. Mine worked fine up until the day it died. Was at a buddies shop, had to move my car for a customer. Back out onto the street and installed it, I know I know, car would not start. Battery went completely flat. In my buddies 40 years of owning a shop he has never seen a battery take a sudden hit like that. Luckily I was at the shop, would not wanted to get stranded.