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How do you know if your starter is bad or your ignition switch is going bad when your car turns over but won't start until about the third try?
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∙ 12y ago
if you hear a clicking sound when you start it its your starter..check the battery to see if that's good...if its your ignition switch you might smell burnt smoke around the steering column, and to replace ignition switch is like 300 bucks.
If the car will turn over every time, or at least try, the switch should be good (it's working to make it turn over!). It sounds like a starter going out. Good Luck!
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1995 Dakota won't start battery good starter good will push start can arch the strater and will start and run replaced ignition switch still nothing?
might be starter relay, or the crank circuitry from the switch or to the starter from the relay. I would trace back from the starter to the starter relay back through the neutral safety switch to the ignition switch.
I have to turn the ignition key several times before it will start. I doesnt do it every time. The battery is ok. Any ideas?
Ignition switch going bad, corroded or loose battery cables, starter relay or starter going bad.
True or false the START ignition switch position activates only the starter motor?
It is false that the stat ignition switch position only activates the starter motor.
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Check the neutral safety switch,it is located on the transmission or on the steering column ,under the dash.
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Maybe something with the safety switch on the clutch, or the wiring going to the starter. May be ignition switch also.
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maybe ignitoin or ignition switch
Why will your 1996 grand prix will not start has 12 volts at the starter but is not gettig voltage to starter solenoid?
The starter relay is out. Or the ignition module. Or the ignition switch is out. And its the odds in that order. Greatest to least.
Can't start 1989 Chevy Suburban with the key only by directly wiring starter is there a fuse link from the ignition wiring to the starter?
Generally the problem is either a defective neutral safety switch or a bad ignition switch (not ignition key lock).
If your 1997 Chevy Cavalier won't start key but will if you jump starter is it in the ignition switch?
yes
94 sentra does not start no clicking is this and ignition switch or starter?
Sounds like a selenoid problem.
2000 s10 everything works on ignition switch except start position?
Bad neutral or clutch safety switch? Bad starter? bad starter solenoid?
1995 nissan240sx wont start I replaced the starter it still wont start unless I push it what could be the cause?
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