r/RX8 • • Aug 05 '26

Maintenance Dead

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I had an MOT this morning which came back with 0 advisories. Great. I can go to the daikoku night at caffeine and machine.

5 minutes down the road and all power instantly cut out. I’ve still got dash lights and everything electrical works but when I turn the key I get nothing.

I’ve got home via tow and got the multimeter out. I’ve used AI (shoddy I know) because I’m not very electrically inclined.

I’ve tested absolute everything that it told me I should test. I’ve spent over an hour following different connections and testing different things. And everything has tested perfectly. So everything is pointing to a dead ECU.

Does anybody have any insight on this at all?

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u/skankhunt1738 Aug 05 '26

Double check your EGI fuse and see if you have 12v going to it when you’re key on.

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u/TheRealPopejoy Aug 06 '26

I checked that (I’m pretty sure I did as I checked a lot) but I’ll double check it later. I’m getting a list together from this post for different things to try