Ok guys my cars a 89 iroc-z....anywyas its a 5spd and has an alarm if this has anyhtign to do with it.....ok recently everytime after a long drive when i go to start ym car it wont start....it doesnt click or anyhtign......its weird you dont evne hear the starter try to click over......but it only does it off and on but mostly after driving it for a while....or if i got it sittin in my driveway with music on when cleaning it it wotn start....then i turn it all off for about 5 minutes and it fires right up.....i just put a new battery in it and its got a brand enw alternator....but i look at the started and it didnt look like it had a heat shield....so maybe its gettignh eated up or the solenoid is......i also thougth maybes its in the ignition like from the key......it could be worn out or somehtign cuzz its gott he passlock or whatever its called....or maybe somehtign to do with the alarm...any ideas guys?..before i take it to a shop and pay an arm and lef to get it fixed.....

 

What your describing sounds like heatsoak in the starter or a relay going bad. If it is , it will get harder to start over time. Also, sometimes clicking the ignition rapidly will sometimes make it start. The only solution to that once the problem gets bad is to replace the starter. You will probably want to put a heat shield on the new starter if its supposed to have one. Also, check for an exhaust leak down near the starter, that can cause this problem as well, thats what happened to one of my starters. I went through 2 of them before I found out what was going on.
Hopefully its just a relay , they can act up when they get hot too and have the same symptoms.

 

check the coil

 

thanx bud.....i was thinking it had to do with the starter heating up to....and now that i think of it i do got a exhasut leak i think

 

Same thing used to happen to me. I had an alarm with a trip switch. Every now and then I would go to start my car and there would be nothing. Then eventually there would be power but the alarm reengaged itself (which was bad for me since the thing that turns it off got broken). Turned out the ground to the battery was loose. And all power to the car would be lost if it moved slightly. Tightened it up and never happened again. Another thing that happened was everytime this happened my presets on the radio got reset, does this happen to you?

 

Check your battery terminals... If they are loose or shift on a bump they will detach and your car won't start.
THe solenoid might be going bad. I used to have to start it with a screwdriver on an old car I had.
good luck.

 

I had those problems on my 90 IROC With the VATS( vehicle anti theft system). It had ended up being my ignition switch and key. so as soon as those were replaced the problems ended .