Did my starter go out?
Thread Starter
Launching!
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Indianpolis, IN
Did my starter go out? Seems a simple diagnosis but want to make sure. Just got the car home yesterday. I got home and it did the click with no turn over twice, then started once. Shut the car off and went back to start it and now I get a click from around the starter, assumably the solenoid. Security light is on sometimes off sometimes, and the click only happens when the clutch is pushed in so not a nuetral safety. Just checking before I take it to the shop.
almost sounds like a battery, put some cables to see if it will turn on before u go and get charged an arm and a leg. If it turns on that means your battery is bad. Just a thought.
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Launching!
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Indianpolis, IN
Battery sat on a charger for half an hour, lights and all accessories are good. My mechanic is a family friend and cheap thought so thats a good thing.
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Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Corpus Christi, TX
mite be the alternator...when i had a 99 camaro it went out on me and everything was slow and dead even after we had the battery on the charger soon it would die slowly n slowly lol it would just do the click click click click
You can always pull the starter out and have it tested at a rewinding shop or have the Battery and alternator tested on the car at Advance, Autozone etc...
