Flashing Hold Light

[timmytaxi]

Ive seen numerous articles online and in the forum, but nothing relates to the problem Im recieving.
This morning when I went to crank my car the car seemed to sputter and the hold light started to flash. The car is an 2005 Aveo LS Hatch. The car was still in park and I did not put the car in drive yet. I turned the car off and back on and the car was fine? The engine light is on and has been on ever since the header was put on.This is the second time that this has happend but it has been months since the last incident. Any help would be appreciated.


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[petrified.rabbit]

could be a neutral safety switch issue, i have not come across all of the thing the hold light does/indicates, but if the car was having trouble starting (for what ever reason), then the poor coil signal could trip the light. (misfire after a big rain?)

[timmytaxi]

It did rain very hard yesterday. I did notice when cranking the car up for lunch today that the car did not start as fast as it usually does. Going to go to advance auto to get a battery checked and go from there. I know its not the plugs, could be the plug wires or coil pack. IMO.

[petrified.rabbit]

hard rain when its hot puts a lot of dampness under the hood, since the hold light flashed i would suspect coil pack as it send the timing signal to the transmission (reason for the hold light). but the wires could be culprit too.

[timmytaxi]

Well the battery was the culprit! I got a scan and it did not find anything. I noticed that it was taking longer to crank. The next day my battery was dead. I got the battery replaced and I have not had another issue yet!

[timmytaxi]

BUMP for an old post. The issue has now reoccured. When cranking the car the hold light flashes. I can drive the car, but when I put the car in reverse you can feel the car shift hard. After a few minutes of driving it goes away. Sometimes when its flashing I have to drop it in 1st to get a response ( basically if the engine thinks the hold light is enguaged).. and other times in Drive its fine (even though hold is flashing). I got a scan done and the codes that are coming up are revelant to throttle position sensor, or the transmission position sensor. Im leaning towards the transmission sensor since the car shift hard, but it could be both


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