My car just flat out wont start. It has power to everything, even the fuel pump but when i go to actually start it nothin. dosent crank or anything. I already tried the VATS bypass thing and still nothing. It did this once before then after a little while it started back up. Im stranded at work right now and have NO idea what to do.


THanks, Jesse

 

Same thing happened to me at school, I knew what the problem was, a cooked starter selenoid. Just got a jack and starter and away I went.

 

Have you tried jumping it??? It could be the start of Heat Soak on the starter...... If thats the case, use a pair of pliers or something to touch the contacts of your starter..............if you can reach.....Otherwise you have to wait unless its a manual.

 

A jumpstart should do it...........Otherwise waiting is the only answer. If you have a manual pop the clutch. If it turns out to be the starter solenoid..........Buy a new starter, heat shield, and a summit remote solenoid kit.......Its worth it!!!

 

is the starter getting juice? you may have fried a fusible link. or your starter just might be bad, try hitting it with a wrench or something, this may be a TEMPORARY fix

 

Yes Very Temporary Once you have this problem your starter is more and more prone to it happening..........For Example my car wont start for 5 hours after 10 minutes of driving It will be fixed tomorrow.........I hope:hail:

 

I tried hittin it with a hammer and nothin. I cant hear it turnin either. Its dark where im at so i cant really see waht im doin as far as the touchin the 2 screws. There only 2 on the starter??? If so i might be able to get to it. I drove it to work this morning then around 14hrs later it wont start. What is heat soak?


Jesse

 

Well its not heat soak if its been 14hrs.......Heat soak is when the solenoid gets to hot to operate and after the car is shutoff it wont work -without a jump for about an hour or so. Sounds to me like youve got a truly bad starter..........But there wasnt any warning so thats strang. To bad you dont have a manual. Umm try the VATS bypass one more time. If that and a jump dont work.........I can only honestly wish you the best of luck.....Good Luck.

 

One more thing...........See if the battery cable has a good connection to the solenoid..........It will be tough to see but You never know. Remember KISS -Keep it simple stupid

 

make sure you have a good connection with the ground on ur battery. I have a friend who would have a simular problem as yours, but a couple times a week, he had power to everything, except the starter, turned out the ground on the battery wasn't connected that good..

 

Like said, make sure the ground connection is good and tight. I had this problem numerous times leaving me stranded until it was figured out. It won't even take a jump when that isn't secure.

 

I went out ther again and it fired right up, I turned it off and tried it again and NOTHING!!! Possible relay??? I have it it and what not. I Just dont want to swap starters just to find out that it still does nothing. Is there anyway to check the relays???


Jesse

 

Isn't that what VATS does if the key isn't read properly? How'd you bypass it?

 

Beat starter. If it starts again, drive it home.

 

Check the ground thoroughly, I've had it where one second power to nothing, then I guess the ground moved just enough and the car would start.