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Old May 25, 2004 | 01:10 PM
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Intermitent starting problem

My Camaro has recently developed a problem starting. A few days a go, it wouldn't start (it would crank, but wouldn't catch). After a few more tries over the course of 5 minutes, it started. Today, the same problem occurred, but this time, it never did start.

I had it towed to a local shop, whereupon it started right up.

The mechanic so far has been unable to find anything wrong. I didn't notice it throwing any codes, and I haven't had any stalling problem either.

Does anyone have any ideas? I really can't afford to not to find the problem and risk losing yet another day of work because of this.
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Old May 25, 2004 | 01:14 PM
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Sounds like you should just replace the starter. Pull it and bring it to Autozone to have them check it.

Matt
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Old May 25, 2004 | 04:51 PM
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if it would crank there is absoultely no reason to replace the starter.. Did it stall when the car was warm? I would start turning my attention to the ignition system.
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Old May 26, 2004 | 11:04 AM
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Update: It was the ignition control module
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Old May 26, 2004 | 07:56 PM
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I thought by his "crank but would not catch" that he meant that it was just spinning.
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