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Left to run some errands this morning and the car didn't trip any codes. Started and turned off the car 3 times and so far all is good. Also checked the codes through the CRT and no codes stored there either as current or history.

Thank you Ronnie - I finally went out and pumped my brake pedal 25 times then turned the ignition ON and started the engine and the anti lock amber light stayed ON. I checked the brake fluid level and it was about 1/2" low, added fluid level to the max level mark. With the ignition OFF I pumped 25 times then turned the ignition ON and started the engine and again the anti lock amber lamp stayed ON. I checked the reservoir and it is now 1/2" down from the max level mark. I pumped 25 times then started the engine and the anti lock amber lamp went OUT and stayed OFF. SUCCESS !!! What all this resulted from is my '89 is a garage queen and over the previous 2 years has had very few miles and the accumulator nitrogen pressure had slowly forced the brake fluid back to the reservoir plus the fluid level down kept the anti lock amber lamp ON. Once again thank you Ronnie Woody 89 MAUI

My friend Kendall has long said that for as dependent as the Reatta is on electrical systems he is surprised by the connectors not being as good as they should be. But he is now saying that about most car makers today so I guess this is another area that the Reatta is a trendsetter.

Yes, same symptoms as I mentioned before. We went after this issue today. I want to reiterate that we had previously verified the starter was good and indeed the car would start if we touched a hot wire to the start terminal of the starter. Early today we pulled the relay for the anti theft system and installed a jumper between terminals 87a and 30 of the relay socket, essentially tying both yellow wires together and disabling the system. The car started right up and started multiple times as we moved it around and drove it on the new lift installed today. The reason I mention this is, when we went to remove the car from the lift, it would not start. In between we had installed a headlight harness and tidied up the items on top and underneath from our attempt to repair the no start in a parking lot. Going back over our previous work, we found the power was still good at the ignition switch and the jumper for the anti theft but nothing to the starter terminal, again. The only thing left was the neutral safety switch and we found we could reach the connector for the switch from below so while one person held the key in start, another wiggled the connector of the neutral safety and lo and behold, it started right up. We pulled the connector which looked pretty grungy on the inside so cleaned it as best possible with electrical spray and a cloth and repeated the spray, install, remove and wipe a couple times. Acting on the hunch that the anti theft jumper was not the real fix but simple coincidence, removed the bypass and reinstalled the relay and it again started. We reckon the initial feeling around trying to see the neutral safety may have been enough to make a connection prior to install the jumper in the anti theft and gave a false repair. In any case, we did reinstall the bypass, assuming it would fail at some point?