Car randomly won't start
Car randomly won't start Hey everyone, have had a problem starting yesterday. I had driven for maybe 20 mins or so and got into the drive thru at taco bell and I turned my car off so the person ordering could hear my order. Well went to restart it and it acted like the battery was dead. Got a jump and drove it for about 3 miles parked it for an hour and it restarted just fine. Well same thing today. I started and killed it a few times without a problem and later on it wouldn't start again. Any ideas? I just hear the clicking noise. It's a 99 Trans am
Sounds like your starter may be going out. If it won't start, crawl up under it and give the starter solenoid a whack from a wrench then try it again. If that does it, then starter solenoid needs replacing.
I should probably mention that my clutch switch has been messed up for a while. I have been able to start the car (m6) with pressing the clutch in. Could this also
Be the problem?
Be the problem?
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Verdad Gallardo Okay everyone, Went and got the battery tested and the machine says "battery is good, but low on charge. It also did a starter test and it says cranking is normal (9.66v time 765ms) Well so i take it home get underneath it and try to feel around the starter to see if a wire feels loose, it doesnt feel like it. I pull the starter relay and it looks fine cosmetically. Well after all this i try to start it and it trys (actually cranks with power) and it wont start. I try again and click click click click and if i keep trying you can hear the starter turning the flywheel slllooowwwly. UGh. I tried banging on the starter and it makes no difference.
So i now have the charger on my battery
So i now have the charger on my battery
Last edited by trey1010; Apr 16, 2012 at 02:08 PM.
Alternator is new and checked out good in advanced autos test . I tried checking the starter connections but the bolts must have been torqued by chuck norris! I feel like I am going to break them they are so tight. Well ever since this morning it has
Started fine.
Started fine.
After you weed out all the electrical stuff.......and it still randomly does this.
Change the Crank Shaft Position sensor......if thats not it, return it for a refund. Takes 10 minutes to change. Drop the starter and its right there.
.
Change the Crank Shaft Position sensor......if thats not it, return it for a refund. Takes 10 minutes to change. Drop the starter and its right there.
.
Okay I will need to do that. But I am really starting to think that it is the battery even though it checked out good. I parked it for 3-4 minutes with the head lights on after driving it on the highway for an hour and it acted dead!
I keep reading that a dead battery symptoms can be very similar to a starters symptoms. But if it were the starter that was bad would it always start easily when I jump it?
