a timing chain has broken
is your battery in good condition and fully charged? is your starter good?
The alternator produces power to charge the battery. The battery powers the starter to turn the engine over.
YesFirst if the starter is bad the car will not start, if it will not start it can not charge the battery.If the starter will not work it can mean there is an electrical problem that will also prevent the alternator from charging the batteryThe starter itself CAN NOT CAUSE CHARGING PROBLEMS!The extra load on the battery can ruin the battery and that can ruin the alternator. But before that NO.
A bad starter can cause a Mercury Grand Marquis to not start. A bad alternator or a problem with the security system can be the cause for the car not starting.
Bad starter... Bad Alternator... Bad battery... maybe a fuse.
Typically, a bad or "going bad" alternator.
No, a starter cannot cause a battery to fail to charge. It could cause the battery to discharge quickly.
a Bad starter will 1. Cause your battery to run faster to dieing. 2. yes, it will wear your alternator out faster and could result to ruining it.
Battery, starter, starter relay solonoid, or a charging problem i.e. alternator or voltage regulator causing battery to discharge. Or bad battery cable connection or dirty or loose battery cable connections can cause this problem. Need to investigate & narrow it down.
bad ignition switch, bad battery, bad alternator/regulator,
If the battery is good and the alternator is charging then most likely the starter/starter solenoid is bad. You can also check the battery cables to make sure they are properly grounded.
So many things could be wrong and cause it to not start, but from what you have provided the next step would be to trace the cables to the starter and see if they are corroded or broken, you didn't mention if the car was turning over or not, so I assume it isnt, so if the battery has power, and the alternator isn't the cause then you need to follow the power, it goes from the battery to the ignition, then to the starter, since we know the battery is good, check to see if power is getting to the starter, if not trace the problem in between those two points.