Car is giving the same non-starting symptoms tonight.

I tried another infrared door opener, but still had the same problems. Locked / unlocked several times.

I did notice the following:

1) The red and green lights did not flash while I was cranking.


2) It takes about 5-seconds before the aux. fan comes on after turning the key to the on position (I'm going to double-check whether this is normal next time the car starts normally)

Thanks for your ideas.

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Neil
1997 E300D - naturally aspirated
280,000 miles (as of November 2015)