Car wont start

Supermanneon · Post by **Supermanneon** » Fri May 18, 2007 5:53 pm

So last night i had to go pick up my new phone from my girlfriends house, I went out to my car and turned it on and everything was fine...got to her house went inside for about 30 mins..and came back outside and boom...nothing......Alll the lights and my gauge, and gauges in my pod, radar and Radio all turn on...headlights work..yada yada yada...so when i go to crank it..NOTHING..when i say nothing i mean everything but the dome like goes capute...i dont get any whining from the starter trying to kick over no noices in the engine bay from anything trying to start... NOTHING..i checked my battery with a battery tester and its getting good volts...even when my car is in the acc position i get a reading on my volt gauge....I really hope its not the starter..cuz that costs a pretty penny right? sucks cuz im trying to save to go on vacation and now im going to run into more maintenence...any ideas??

turbodudey · Post by **turbodudey** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:06 pm

Could be the starter relay... if you're not even getting a "click" when you turn the key, then your starter relay isn't energizing.

I'd check all the fueses too.

If you verify you're getting voltage to the starter and still nothing is turning, then yeah, the starter may be shot.

It sounds more like you're not getting power to the starter though.

Supermanneon · Post by **Supermanneon** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:16 pm

So what fuse should i check and/or where is my starter relay..I was banging on it trying to get it to turn over this morning but nothing..

turbodudey · Post by **turbodudey** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:20 pm

All your relays are in the "power distribution center" which is directly above the driver's side fender in the engine bay. When you pop the cover off, there is a legend printed on the underside of it, so you can see which relay does what...

All the main fueses are right there too.

lilschmied · Post by **lilschmied** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:22 pm

if its a MTX could be the clutch safety switch or if it's atx try moving the shifter around from P to N and try it.

Supermanneon · Post by **Supermanneon** » Sun May 20, 2007 6:42 pm

Can someone give me an idea of what would be or wont be happening if my starter was bad? I want to do the change myself but i dont want to spend the money on it and that wasnt whats wrong.

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:09 am

take these steps to make sure whats going on.

under the hood you have a area where you got some fuses and relays, if your horn works take that relay and replace it with the starter relay.

if it still dosent start check all the fuses in there, i beleve the ignition fuse is a 40amp and its pink.

if it still dosent start see if your battery terminals are tight and there isnt any crap on them. and the ground wire is tightly screwed onto the chasis

next check if your bettery is good

next check if the starter relay clicks when you turn the key to start it

if all of that failed, and your engine dosent crank at all... then yea its your starter that went bad

this isnt a good list as far as order, but its listed form most to lest common problems

lilschmied · Post by **lilschmied** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:58 am

Craz1000 wrote:take these steps to make sure whats going on.

under the hood you have a area where you got some fuses and relays, if your horn works take that relay and replace it with the starter relay.

if it still dosent start check all the fuses in there, i beleve the ignition fuse is a 40amp and its pink.

if it still dosent start see if your battery terminals are tight and there isnt any crap on them. and the ground wire is tightly screwed onto the chasis

next check if your bettery is good

next check if the starter relay clicks when you turn the key to start it

if all of that failed, and your engine dosent crank at all... then yea its your starter that went bad

this isnt a good list as far as order, but its listed form most to lest common problems

even checking all this if the stupid starter safety switch (clutch on MTX, neutral or park on ATX) went bad it'll still do nothing. or you may have broken the ignition (the key cylinder) that ones a longshot but i've done it before....

blackboi50 · Post by **blackboi50** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:30 am

hey....when the starter went on my 1st gen i was still able to hear a little click.......and while cranking and hitting it it would act like it wanted to turn over......but its kinda hard to beat the shit outta your started on a 2gen..........but before my starter went as well i could hear a lag when i started even after changing the spark plugs and wires...............1

StreetEviL · Post by **StreetEviL** » Sat May 26, 2007 3:57 am

I had this SAME problem on my car. Everytime I would try to turn the car over, NOTHING. Nothing would turn on. I found out that the starter BUS fuse kept blowing every time I would replace it and try to crank the car over. Ouch, $3 a peice. I too thought my starter went out, but I took it off the car and had it tested and it worked fine. A buddy came up to my car, before I attempted to crank it over with my last fuze, and started to giggle the wires going to the starter. And to my amazment, the car started. I rapped all the wires that are connected to the starter with electrical tape and I never had the problem again. I hope this helps you out.