My car wont start...what should i do about this?...?

Question

i put the key in my car to start it up and the lights turn on and radio turns on and everything works...but when i go to start it up, it doesnt make no nose at all. it just silent. it doesnt make the noise for how its trying to start up or nothing...its just silent and wont start up...can someone help me?

AAA tried to jump it but that didnt work

Answer 1

I read all the posts above.

But , I'll bet your problem is the connection at the battery is dirty, remove the cables, clean the battery posts with a wire brush or sand paper, clean the inside surface of the battery cable connections, replace an tighten the connectors. I bet it would start right up.
Many times this is the problem, however you take your car in they replace the battery and voila it's fixed. Well, they cleaned the connection when they changed the battery so yes it is fixed, but you didn't need a battery.

It won't cost you anything to try it.
Yours: grumpy

Answer 2

When I bought my truck, it had the same problem. When I turned the radio off, I could hear it clicking, and the few idiot lights it does have would dim to near dead. All it had was a siezed starter. Is it a manual? If so, try getting a friend with a half-ton pickup to tow it to about 20, put it in 3rd gear and dump the clutch. Then drive it to a repair shop and have them check it out, as it may be a serious problem. If it's post '90, it definatly has some kind of safety switch on the shifter, or if stickshift, on the clutch pedal that prevents the starter from operating if certain conditions are not met(park/neutral or clutch pedal pushed to the floor). This switch may also be stuck in a position where it's telling the car that it's in gear, or the clutch pedal isnt fully depressed. The switch may also have fallen completely off, or like on my aunt's truck, simply flopping in the breeze and in a wierd place.(she has to fiddle with the column shifter to get it to crank.) These switches are a ***** to get to and involve tearing the interior half apart, best left to someone with a manual to tell them how to put the daggone thing back together. To test these switches, ensure the battery is good and, if automatic, hold the key in 'start' and play with the shifter while holding the brakes down till it makes noise. If manual, just put it in neutral and play with the clutch pedal till it starts making noise. Even with a shot starter or dud batt, if the switches are faulty, they'll make their presense known by alot of clicking and light dimming or other wierd noises. If they're the only problem, the daggone thing will start with no qualms. Some older vehicles may not contain these switches, and some may. My aunt's truck is a '71, it has one(automatic). My truck is a '72(3-speed stick) and I can, and have, moved it on starter alone. My econobomb, a 95 nissan, has a switch on the clutch which prevents it from cranking if the clutch isnt on the floor, but it's shifter can be in any of 7 positions(1st-5th gear, reverse, neutral) with no affect.

Answer 3

If the battery is bad, and that is why the car starter won't run, you will notice that when you turn the key to run the starter, the lights go dead since the starter solenoid sucks up all the small amount of battery energy.

If the lights don't change brightness when you turn the switch to start, then there is something wrong in the switch; in the wires to the switch; from the switch to the starter solenoid, or the solenoid itself is bad.

If the solenoid were good and the starter motor itself were bad, when you hit the starter switch you would hear a click as the solenoid tried to engage. If that is absent, see previous paragraph.

Note that the solenoid physically is part of the starter in most cars. I list is separately because it acts like a switch thingie so only a small amount of electricity goes through the ignition switch and the solenoid switches a gigantic cable from the battery to the starter motor.

since you have not said what kind or year of car it is, I can't give more ideas. You can do things on older cars that will blow the engine computer on newer cars.

Answer 4

Sweetie? Sounds like you need to arrange for a funeral for your battery! There may be enough juice in the battery to do all those little things, but turning it over requires a fully charged one. Get a new battery. :) If you get a new one and it doesn't hold a charge, check your alternator. Always do the process of elimination starting with the little stuff first. It's cheaper that way and I am the best cheapskate I know! LOL! Seriously. Replace your battery. That's all. Oh yeah, check your alternator belt too. Hope this helps. :)

Answer 5

If it is a crborated model of car try poring a little bit not a lot but a little bit down the carborater and then crank it other than that test the spark if there is no spark its probally the coil or ignition box or the points. If that fails try the compression.

Answer 6

I had the same problem once and what i found was under the hood there is a main fuse box and it so happened that the fuse that controls that part of the car had blown, i just replaced the fuse and it started up just fine, also you might while you are under there check all the electronic wires and see if any of them are melted, they sometimes put in these in line fuses that are not easily replaceable, meaning pull it out and slap another one in. but that's where i would start.

Answer 7

check your battery cables , make sure they are tight and clean, does your particular type of battery need water? can you jump start it? also could be a problem with your starter celluloid( you could have a dead spot ) some time a car will start if you hit the celluloid with a wrench ( not to hard) could be your alternator not charging the battery or it could be a lose fan belt. start with the easy stuff first. hope this helps

Answer 8

information Flash: you need to have the battery *load examined to confirm what the reserve AMPERAGE ability is at any keep that sells new ones different than motor vehicle Zone. Any Toyota broker might have executed the comparable situation before you replaced a batch of issues that did no longer decide for changing. the rationalization the sprint lighting fixtures fixtures and radio works is they decide for little or no amperage to realize this. The starter motor on the different-hand needs extra battery amperage than each electric device on your motor vehicle blended!

Answer 9

Okay, so check your headlights and see whether they seem as bright as normal. If they are, I would then check the coil if there is one in your vehicle. If there isn't, then check the fuses and the ignition switch. After that, I don't have a clue. But what I've given you are some basic trouble-shooting steps.

Good luck.

Answer 10

First get the battery tested to make sure its good. If it is, then its your starter going bad. Would be called a dead spot in it. Which takes alot of power off the battery. Good luck.