Starter giving out?
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Starter giving out?
I'll get into the car, put the key in the II position, have power to everything, and turn it to start the car, click click click click. The battery voltage is fine. Hook up some jumper cables, and the car starts fine.
Is it the starter, or something else?
I had this problem before, new battery fixed the problem. Could it be another bad battery?
Is it the starter, or something else?
I had this problem before, new battery fixed the problem. Could it be another bad battery?
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If it clicks and no go, its the starter. The contacts have copper that wears off, it just needs to be taken apart and the contacts redone.
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In my experience, everytime a starter has gone bad on my other cars...
Mine simply would not do anything. Turn the key over, nothing.
What you are describing sounds like a weak/dead battery. It is doing fine when you jump it off, thus recharging the battery.
If you have recently replaced the battery, then this could be signs of the alternator going bad.
If i were you, I'd take the car to an enterstate battery store and let them run a full test, which is free.
Good luck
Mine simply would not do anything. Turn the key over, nothing.
What you are describing sounds like a weak/dead battery. It is doing fine when you jump it off, thus recharging the battery.
If you have recently replaced the battery, then this could be signs of the alternator going bad.
If i were you, I'd take the car to an enterstate battery store and let them run a full test, which is free.
Good luck
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Yeah,
I once had this problem with my Honda Civic.
It is very embarrassing when you jsut finished fill up at a gas station.
Then try to start the car and all it does is click, click, click whle everyone looks at ya.
I once had this problem with my Honda Civic.
It is very embarrassing when you jsut finished fill up at a gas station.
Then try to start the car and all it does is click, click, click whle everyone looks at ya.
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Its not the power/battery. Its GETTING the power it needs, hence the click. The click is the starter hammer which has copper that wears off. So the hammer is banging away and not sending that electricity there.
I had the starter shop show me the whole setup, they claim that our starters are very well made, the hammer's copper simply wear off and need to be redone.
I had the starter shop show me the whole setup, they claim that our starters are very well made, the hammer's copper simply wear off and need to be redone.
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Your starter IS giving out!
My money is on the starter, but I wouldn't take the bet if I were you - you can't afford to loose because the starter replacement will cost $600-$800 if you go to a dealership!
I had the same experience. At first I thought it was dirty battery contacts. Then I thought it was the battery. I replaced both and thought I fixed the problem, but it kept coming back - always when I could not afford to be stuck! After about 3 months of unreliable start performance, replacement of the starter fixed the problem completely and reliably.
I had the same experience. At first I thought it was dirty battery contacts. Then I thought it was the battery. I replaced both and thought I fixed the problem, but it kept coming back - always when I could not afford to be stuck! After about 3 months of unreliable start performance, replacement of the starter fixed the problem completely and reliably.
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Originally Posted by ITL
This sounds logical; however, I've seen weak batteries that would click the starter repeatedly, but still not start the car.
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I'm having the insert-and-turn-key-then-no-start problem, too, but I'm not having the click-click-click of a starter gone bad. I turn the key to the start position and I get nothing at all, or maybe the very beginning of a half-hearted turn from the engine. But more often than not, just nothing. The lights on the instrument panel come on, but there's nothing coming from the engine compartment.
A buddy of mine with a Volvo said he had a similar problem and it turned out to be the electronics in the steering column. I've found that if I take the key back out, ram it back home, and then turn it, the car will start. Makes me think maybe there is a connection gone bad in there somewhere.
Anyone have a similar experience?
A buddy of mine with a Volvo said he had a similar problem and it turned out to be the electronics in the steering column. I've found that if I take the key back out, ram it back home, and then turn it, the car will start. Makes me think maybe there is a connection gone bad in there somewhere.
Anyone have a similar experience?
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similar problem...
today I was at a car show and it must have been 90 degress out, hot!
so when i turned on my car. My car would start but it sputtered down and turned off. I had to turn on the car and rev the engine to 3-4 rpm to regulate it.
this previously happened to me but i just got a new battery like 3 weeks ago so I don't know why it just happened again.
so when i turned on my car. My car would start but it sputtered down and turned off. I had to turn on the car and rev the engine to 3-4 rpm to regulate it.
this previously happened to me but i just got a new battery like 3 weeks ago so I don't know why it just happened again.
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If your engine turns over, then it's not your starter. It's probably something from the fuel system. I think there was a thread about changing the fuel relay may help.
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It actually turned out to not be the starter, but a bad ground. The cable coming off the negative post of the battery didn't fit snug, and I don't believe it was too clean either, and wouldn't always make a good enough connection. Thats why jumping it fixed it, I found out if it didn't start, I could just wiggle the cable and it would be all set.
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Originally Posted by VulgarDisplayOfPower
today I was at a car show and it must have been 90 degress out, hot!
so when i turned on my car. My car would start but it sputtered down and turned off. I had to turn on the car and rev the engine to 3-4 rpm to regulate it.
this previously happened to me but i just got a new battery like 3 weeks ago so I don't know why it just happened again.
so when i turned on my car. My car would start but it sputtered down and turned off. I had to turn on the car and rev the engine to 3-4 rpm to regulate it.
this previously happened to me but i just got a new battery like 3 weeks ago so I don't know why it just happened again.
Originally Posted by UnsanePyro
It actually turned out to not be the starter, but a bad ground. The cable coming off the negative post of the battery didn't fit snug, and I don't believe it was too clean either, and wouldn't always make a good enough connection. Thats why jumping it fixed it, I found out if it didn't start, I could just wiggle the cable and it would be all set.
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Originally Posted by UnsanePyro
It actually turned out to not be the starter, but a bad ground. The cable coming off the negative post of the battery didn't fit snug, and I don't believe it was too clean either, and wouldn't always make a good enough connection. Thats why jumping it fixed it, I found out if it didn't start, I could just wiggle the cable and it would be all set.
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