Car Starting Problems

If your car makes a clicking sound when you try to start it, try to jump the battery. If that starts it, check the electrical system and if it was the battery, replace the battery. If jumping it does not fix it, have a mechanic look at it.

if the motor cranks when you turn the key it is not the starter because in order for the engine to crank the starter must be turning the motor. it could be electrical or fuel related or sensor related, ect. depending on the model and year you could check for fault codes ie:OBD 1 or OBD 2

This is usually caused by a faulty passlock sensor requiring replacement of the ignition lock cylinder. To test:

Crank the engine momentarily (like you're trying to start it) then allow the key to return to the on/run position. Your check engine light should be on, and the radio should work, but turn the radio off if it's on, because you need to keep the battery charged.

Wait fifteen to seventeen minutes, then shut the key off and remove it. Then wait fifteen seconds (or longer) and start the engine. If it starts, you need a new lock cylinder. With the engine still running, press the key straight in. If the car stalls, you need an ignition switch also.

Probably not a bad ignition switch, but more likely a bad starter solenoid. It takes a lot of current to get a starter to turn, to much to go through such a small switch like the ignition switch. The ignition switch actually controls a relay(solenoid) which can handle the needed current to get the starter going. On a lot of modern cars the solenoid is built into the starter unlike older cars and trucks where it was mounted on the firewall between the battery and the starter.

You don't. Starter fluid is a really good way to damage the motor inside because it created far more pressure than the motor is designed for. It's best to find and fix the problem rather than use the fluid. You would put starter fluid in the gas tank.

First thing that I would do is check the battery. The clicking sound is the selenoid on the starter. Usually that means the starter is bad. Isn't very hard to replace. Hope this helped.

The fuel pump relay is designed to initially give enough gas to start the engine as well as provided gas for runnining the engine. Sometimes the relay does not respond when the motor turns. In rare cases the Map Sensor may be faulty. The Map sensor is designed to detect the engine es turning and gas is needed to keep the engine running. If you remove the conncector for the map sensor the engine will start; given: you have power to the ignition coil which in turn sends power to your spark plugs and the timing is set. The map sensor is located above the power steering pump attached to the firewall and has a hose and a conncector attached to it. kind of flat and mounted upright. F. Garay

It is important to know what kind of finances will be needed when fixing a car. A New starter for this car can cost between $60 and $90, depending on the store, and brand.

Go to talk remote starts installers, they will help you for sure.

sometimes, in newer cars the original keys have chips in them, so if you have this, go to the dealer and order an new one.

crawl under truck and tap the starter with a hammer crawl under truck and tap the starter with a hammer

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take it to your local ford dealer and have them replace the cam sensor for free. There is a current safety recall on this item. if you have already replaced the sensor, you can have a new FORD part installed and request a refund if you can provide a receipt for the one you put in. you need to replace the cam positioning sensor. thses cost about 50 bucks from auto zone, double that from ford. the snsor is located above harmonic balance on front of engine block. to replace, get under truck, remove attaching bolt, unplug wire harness, pull sensor out. install new sensor,replace wire harness reinstall bolt. not much to it, just a little difficult to get at

Take the neg battery cable off. Then the wires off of the starter then the bolts that hold it on. Then sometimes you have to remove th exhaust manifold to get it out.

you don't have to remove manifold just the 3 bolts holding the pipe to the manifold then cut the 2 bolts off the flanged conn. next to the flex loint ( this is from a 99 4x4 hope its the same ) manifold pipe bolts are self locking and very tight you have to glow (torches) them always remember fire bad should be done by someone experienced. cut the rear weld nuts off the flange. if you complete this and don't burn the truck up you need to check the flange at manifold make sure it good and clean joining surfaces at rear flange buy new nuts for manifold and new nuts and washers for rear flange i reused old gaskets they were fine

Go how to change a starter on a 92 Isuzu rodeo in this forum for a more detailed explanation of this process !

Remove the alternator belt from your 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo alternator. Remove the wiring harness from the alternator. Remove the alternator retaining bolts. Reverse the process to install the new alternator.

some of the reasons for that may be that after a while the timing belt streches and the static timing start getting a little bit off.simply have your static timing(ignition timing) corrected and it should help that anoying problem go away. if done correctly the vehicle will start as soon as you turn that key.

If it turns over but just doesn't start, it may be the CRANK POSITION SENSOR located next to the air conditioning compressor. Sometimes you just have to disconnect the electrical connection and re-connect and it may just work then you know that was your problem. It could be the FUEL PUMP also but sometimes they act up some before going out so there is some warning.

you need a new battery. if battery has been replaced and this still does not solve the problem, you must have had the bad battery for too long and it ruined the

If the new battery doesn't solve the problem you can have check the battery cables, make sure they have a clean tight connection. Also the problem could be with your starter also.

This was a common problem on mid to late 80s' GM cars...The torque converter lock up clutch does not disengage and when you put the gearselector into drive the Torque converter clutch stops the motor.

The test for this problem is to put the drive wheels up in the air-put the car in gear and see if the motor kills. If not then the Torque converter clutch is stuck.. The simplest repair is to unplug the Torque converter plug on the outside of the transmission then the Torque converter clutch will usually disengage.

If you could tell me what make/model/year and motor that you have i can be more specific.

Hope that helps..

Good luck.

Check the transmission fluid level. If it is ok, then the filter may be clogged. If not, then it will need to be taken to a transmission shop.

clean out or replace the throttle body spacer...

It could be a number of different things; if the radio and other electrical things work with the key to acc. then it is most likely not electrical. It would be best to take it to a mechanic and have them scan it to see what is wrong. Hope this helps.

Mine was the starter on 1996 I30. I downloaded the schematic diagrams for the electrical system. I took out fuse #17 (10 Amp) which basically shut down the anti-theft (start) and it still didn't start. After checking that fuse #33 (7.5 Amp) was good, I replaced the starter and it's working fine. The only other thing it could be is the inhibitor switch (Park or Neutral switch) so try both positions and if it doesn't start in either Park or Neutral, it's probably the starter unless you have a stick instead of an automatic. In stick shifts, there is another switch linked to the clutch...that can stop it from starting.

It been my experience that a loud noise when stating a car, grinding may mean the starter is not in right or on it's way out as in replacement.

It's quite likely that one of the mounting bolts that attach the starter to the engine has broken and the remaining bolt(s) are bent, as a result. The bolts should all be replaced ASAP. This is not an expensive repair.