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Old 10-15-2012, 05:34 PM
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I had a really weird issue today, I drove the camaro up the road to the stor this morning, no issues. I get in it to go to work, and It won't even turn over. I thought maybe it was a VATS issue, but the securtiy light is not flasing..The only thing you can here when yo turn it over is one click that sounds like a relay..All the lights come on in the dash, radio works, I have already tested the battery and it's fine..Any Ideas?
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Originally Posted by Bigron
Hey guys,


I had a really weird issue today, I drove the camaro up the road to the stor this morning, no issues. I get in it to go to work, and It won't even turn over. I thought maybe it was a VATS issue, but the securtiy light is not flasing..The only thing you can here when yo turn it over is one click that sounds like a relay..All the lights come on in the dash, radio works, I have already tested the battery and it's fine..Any Ideas?
A single click can be a number of things. First, check the ground strap. You might have a bad connection. Secondly, check the starter relay.. you can swap them around and see if that is the fix. Otherwise, you might have a bad starter.
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A single click can be a number of things. First, check the ground strap. You might have a bad connection. Secondly, check the starter relay.. you can swap them around and see if that is the fix. Otherwise, you might have a bad starter.
Well , I was convinced it was the starter and I had already swapped the relays and they were good.. The battery was new but just for kicks I put a voltmeter on it and it was showing 11.5 volts.. So I learned a valuable lesson with these cars.. The relays will not function unless they are getting 12 volts or higher.. I put a new battery in it and its good as gold.. Thanks for the reply..
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you may have just had a bad connection at your battery.



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