After parking my car overnight the past couple of days I have had a really hard time getting it to start. The symptoms are, I get in the car and turn the key and it just clicks. After taking the key out and putting it back in to turn the ignition a few times then it will start. Today took the longest to start but once it's up and running I can turn car off and it starts up the first time. This is only a problem after it sits for more than 6 hours. The car is a s50 swap car, I'm in NYC and it's been snowing a lot lately and I've been driving in the mess. Could this be my starter going bad? Or is it freezing overnight? Could this be fixed or should I buy a new one? Should I look at something else like the ignition switch going bad? I really don't know why this happens.
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Things to look at first: starter, ignition switch, battery.Comment
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If you can hear the starter relay clicking every time you turn the key then it's most likely not the ignition switch. Make sure the battery's good (put a meter on it and watch the voltage drop while someone cranks it. Not exactly the best way to test for a bad battery, but if it drops below 9-10V then it's probably the battery) and if it's not the battery then it's probably the starter. Before you just buy a new one though Autozone and other parts stores will test the starter -or- battery for free.Comment
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Battery is brand new got it one month ago so it's prob the starter going bad?sigpicComment
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bad ground, loose connection, and cold weather kills CCA on a battery. if you bought a crap battery from walmart i wouldn't hesitate to test it. ive seen new batteries fail before.
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Starting problems, any idea?
Originally posted by dirtbag30 View Post
I'm thinking it may be a rotten ground strap to the starter, or the ignition switch because I have a brand new battery from autozone and the power is there, I replaced the battery because of the cold killing the charge. And if it was the battery shouldn't I need to jump start the car? Also wouldn't it just crank underpowered or rapidly click? And that doesn't happen. Now sometimes when I stop the car I have to turn the ignition a couple of times b4 it will start and no click when key turns without a startsigpicComment
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yes i guess if it was the battery it wouldnt end up starting at all. try cleaning up the ground.
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Replaced starter problem solvedsigpicComment
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