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Old Apr 20, 2011, 08:28 PM
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My car isn't starting.. HELP

A couple of days ago i went to the gym and when i finished my work out my car started but made a nasty noise. I turned the car off and tried to turn it back on, but the car wouldn't start. I asked my friend to see if he could push start me and boom! fired right up. I thought it might have been the starter, so I took mine and had it rebuilt. I installed the starter today and still nothing. The car starts sometime (turning the key 20+) but not all the time. Tried to push start it again, and it turned right on. I have a alarm system and auto starter on the car, don't know if that could be effecting anything. I've had the car for almost two years and no problems like this so far. Any help on this would be much appreciated.
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how is the alarm system and auto starter wired in to the car? knowing that would make this diagnosis a lil easier
Old Apr 20, 2011, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by TurboTim06
how is the alarm system and auto starter wired in to the car? knowing that would make this diagnosis a lil easier

that i dont really know, i will check tomorrow morning once i get to the garage. I never really paid attention to the alarm system and the auto starter until now.
Old Apr 20, 2011, 08:48 PM
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When it turns on does it idle right or sounds like turning off? Also have u tried checking your throttle cable?
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Originally Posted by maevo8
When it turns on does it idle right or sounds like turning off? Also have u tried checking your throttle cable?
Once it's on it idles fine and there are no problems what so ever. It doesn't try to turn of or anything. I haven't checked that yet either.
Old Apr 20, 2011, 08:59 PM
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Try adjusting the cable that might b it.
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my bet is something in the wiring maby a relay going bad
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Honestly sounds like your battery, my buddies 03 just did the identical thing and his battery was sho, of couse it was the original from 03 lol
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Can you start the car with the remote?.....how's your crank angle sensor?
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Battery is inky three months old, I will use my friends new battery to see if that's the case.
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Originally Posted by Sil'vr-Boi6
Can you start the car with the remote?.....how's your crank angle sensor?
It doesn't start with auto start either. Crank angle sensor will be checked today as well.
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Originally Posted by BLK_EvIL
my bet is something in the wiring maby a relay going bad
I'm gone check all connections. You guys think it could be a bad ground cable? If so where does the ground cable usually end up
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Don't worry about the crank ange sensor, it would not run at all if that was the case I would check the battery, and any fuse/relay involving the starter
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One hour left at work. Will go through all the suggestions as soon as I get home
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does your auto starter have a safety switch or somethn for the e brake if its not engaged and wont start, maybe a short or somehtn in that wire, or mechanism or whatever is used and is causing it not to crank, but i dont know why it wouldnt start using the key unless whoever installed the auto start installed it like that or somethin, but either that could be a possibility


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