My car was running fine, starting fine all that yesterday. Today, I go to turn on my car and nothing. My lights turn on fine, everything in the car works. (Radio, lights, etc.) I have no clue what this could be other than my starter? Ignition? Anyway, I need some help. I went to AutoZone and they said to check if I'm getting power to my starter, so how do I get to my starter?

Thanks.

 

Tell us what the SECURITY light in the dash is doing after you turn on the key. It should flash a few times and then turn off. Is it doing that? If so, then it's probably the relay in the driver's kick panel. If the SECURITY light is staying on then it doesn't like your key's resistor pellet or whatever resistor bypass that has been hacked in to bypass the VATS.

EDIT: This is all assuming that your battery is good and the headlights light up fine and that there is no clicking or anything when you turn the key.

 

I tried doing just that, and my Security light won't even light up. Is there any other way to tell what it could be?
And yes, my lights are working just fine like they should be and there's no clicking at all when I turn the key.

 

I know you said there is no clicking when you turn the key. But listen close when you turn the key (roll down windows, mute the stereo, etc)...is there a faint single click when you turn the key at the moment when the key would normally engage the starter? Or just dead silence?

 

The only thing I can hear is a noise like something is powering down after I turn the key to the off position.

EDIT: I do hear one faint click when I turn the key.

 

I'm going with the starter. That's what mine did when it decided to crap out. You can jump the starter solenoid to make sure though without taking it out of the car (make sure it isn't in gear when you do that).

 

How would I go about jumping the starter soleniod? Ha Ha. (Sorry, new to this!)

 

It's been a little while since I've done this so someone please correct me if I'm wrong. But when looking at the starter, you will look at the solenoid. There will be a few terminals sticking off of it. One has a large power wire going to it (power terminal). There will be another that has a small wire(s) going into it (key terminal). The key terminal is what allows the starter to energize and spin when you turn the ignition on in the car. What you will need to do it bridge these two terminals to trick the starter into thinking that you're turning the key. You can do this by using a screwdriver and just go across the terminals. I prefer to use jumper wires as I feel it gives me more control (I hate electricity). What I did was connect one end of the jumper wire to the power terminal and actually twist the wire on so it wouldn't just fall off. The other end I used to touch to the key terminal. If the starter is good it should engage and start cranking the motor. If the starter is bad, it wont spin.
Hope that helps and I hope I'm remembering how to do it correctly.

 

Any updates Caleb?