I went to start my car up on a early morning, and the car won't turn over, but all the lights on the dash are on, cd player working great as it suppose to.

But the car wont turn on?
I checked the battery cables, they were loose, I tightened them up, and still wont turn over, I checked the clutch safety switch, and it works fine,
I checked the starter, working fine, me and my dad can jump the starter and it will start up just fine, but we cant turn it over by the key.

I dont think it has to do with the anti theft locking, because if it was locking up, would it put the car on lock down for so many hours? happened to my friend, but he lost the key to the car, and was trying to make it work with a ragular key instead of a key with a chip in it.

We checked the main power wire that goes to the ignition, (purple wire?) we followed the purple wire from the battery to inside the car, to the back of the car, and back to the front of the car again and lost it somewhere up more into the dash.

We dont think the ignition switch is getting any power, but we dont know that for sure.

Any suggestions??

if any one needs more information about this problem, ask away.

(and btw, my fan isnt running, the fan was wired to as soon you turn the key on, the fan runs all the time until the car is turned off, because if I didnt have it on for 10 minutes, it starts to over heat. and now it isnt running at all. even when I try turing on the air conditioning.)

Tim

 

Start by checking fuses. You might have one that is blown.

 

Well, maybe you could pull off the small wire on the starter solinoid (ignition) , put a voltmeter on it and see if it reads 12 volts when someone turns the key to the start position. Might help narrow it down....there's a fuse built into that wire on mine, and if it blows it won't crank.