Car Starting Problems

The key lock and the electric motor are two separate items they are conected by a lever. It sounds like the lever is binding

sounds like a bad key tumbler

Sorry, it has to be done by the dealer or you need to buy the gauge yourself.

My Suggestion: Remove battery terminal (pos or neg, doesnt matter) leave for 10 min, reconnect, see if gone

may be a bad starter..... or if the engine is cranking with no start it could be the ignition wires

I'm not sure I understand the question but I do know this. If your car will start when it is cold, yet after driving it for awhile, you shut it off and then go to restart it and it wont start you need to have your starter and starter solenoid checked. Its happenened to me on 2 different cars. It seems that when the starter gets to hot it just jams up or freezes up and won't crank over the engine. Yet if the car sits for a little while it cools down and then seems to work just fine. Its defineately a sign that your starter and/or solenoid is about to die. Pull it out and have it checked.(auto zone will do it for free, its called a load test) There's a good chance that's your problem, if I understood the problem correctly. Good Luck, hope this helps.

Mark H.

most times starter fluid is sprayed through the air filter,if this is hard to get at you can disconnect one large air hose on engine side of air box and spray in there .remember to reattach hose after starting before driving off

bang on it with a hammer steady as you go and she just may start for you. The bedex gets stuck

I'm guessing that you mean it turns over but wont start. Anyway, two essential things that a car needs to run is fire and fuel. Check to make sure there is spark to the cylinders and also make sure there is fueling being supplied to the injectors or carburetor. You can check the fuel by pressing the "valve stem" that located in the return line from the injectors. It should have a little pressure to it.

You usually can suspect that the starter is bad if you turn the ignition key and nothing happens. You hear a clicking sound but the engine does not turn over. The dash lights should come on.

Passenger side under the engine.

Sounds like a sensor

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I have a 1997 grand am and i have power to the starter but when i turn the key over it wont in gauge the starter. all fuses are good.

You may have a defective ignition switch.

A bad starter might make a noise. The starter could also go bad with no noise or warning. However if the starter is making noise then there is a problem that could cause failure at any time

Mounted on top and inside the fuel tank.

my van did the same thing and I first gave it new plugs, wires and checked the coil to make sure it was working then I looked under the distributor cap and the rotor was fried so I got a new one and it cost around 11 dollars and the van was off and running..

1. It sounds like you may have a Flat Battery

2. Dead Crankshaft Sensor

3. Blown Starter Fuse or Relay

4. Dead Immobiliser

5. Factory ground cable???

Using a test light, clip check for ground at coil (-). If ground is present with the key in the "on" position but goes away when cranking, it is most likely that the anti-theft system (imobilzer) is taking ground away from the coil to prevent the car from being started. If this is the case, go to the alarm module (below the dash to the left of the steering wheel) and locate the large connector for it (leave it plugged in). If you jump wire the upper and lower far right wires, the car should start. If the car now starts, you have a fault in the anti-theft circuit.

(Factory Ground Cable)

I had my 1982 BMW 320i for 17 years and the last few years intermittently I would turn the key and nothing at all , Just would not start,. It could be the very first thing in the morning or after coming out of an hours shopping at the market. Wouldn't make any sound at all when I would try to start it. And of course It would never happen when it sat at the mechanics. I was so fed up I had some time and drove to my long time friends shop, and low and be hold with gods help I'm sure...It happened! After testing a few things under the hood he asked me to step out of my car and raised it on the rack, he walked under the rear wheel and said yep here's the problem...The Factory Ground Cable was lose and full of dirt and grease and was not grounding. He cleaned all the dirt and grime off and tightened the bolt and it never happened again. Mystery solved.

When do you turn the key does the truck make any sound or does not turn on the gauges or anything else. If it makes a sound like the starter is trying to turn the motor over than the battery is dead. If it doesn't do anything the battery might be dead or something isn't hooked up right. I would take it to a car parts place and have them check it for free. Also you can check the alternator by seeing if the little circle on the back of the alternator is magnetic. While the car is running touch a non magnetic piece of metal to is and it should pull the metal to it. Car part places can also check the alternator for free. But it is easier to check it with a piece of metal so that way you don't have to take it off to find out it is working fine. Hope this helps.

turn key to on position and listen for a short buzzing noise where your pump is usually in the gas tank

Pull off a plug wire and hold it 1/4 inch from the engine. Have someone crank it and see if you have fire. If so then spray a very small amount of carburetor cleaner in the air intake. If it runs for a few seconds then you have a fuel issue. Replace the fuel filter and retry. If it does not run you need to check for power and ground at the fuel pump.

If there is no spark at spark plugs, pull out Distributor cap, you will find Distributor rotor, pull it out, you will find a crack or burn on the other side, replace the rotor, put everything back, it should work. (this is just in case of no spark at spark plugs), try it and tell us what is going on.

It sounds to me like you might have a brake shoe dragging. Try coasting to a stop and then accelerate and see if the noise is still there. The noise could be from a front shoe that is hanging up when pressure is applied to stop the car. It could be caused by a bad caliper piston or warped rotors. Kind of a hard problem to diagnose but sounds like the most probable cause is in the brake system. Hope this helps

If it happens intermittently, it is caused by a broken tooth or teeth on the engine ring gear. Thus when the starter solenoid throws the pinion gear backwards, the pinion and ring gear will not engage. In some rare cases the pinion gear can come off or the solenoid itself fails, yeilding the same result. You can test this by putting the car into gear and moving it slightly to move the ring gear (in some cars). Sometimes opening the drivers door and jumping up and down on the door sill can rock the engine enough to move the ring (again in some cars). The car might start. The only fix for this ultimately is to replace the ring gear.

diesel engine.bring a piece of wire from battery to glow plug rail to heat the plugs .and count to 20 ,if starts then u have a bad glow plug relay.if it still dosent start open an injector or 2 and crank engine and look for fuel .if fuel appears then it just mite be an air lock/

have you tried the doulbe action relay under the ecu or to the left hand side of the engine bay its a brown relay i