If a starter,alt.,and battery are good,what will cause a car to click and not turn on?

Question

alternater,good-battery,good-starter,good-cable connections,good.nissan max.94 model.problems starting.clicks like it's getting fire to the starter but it wont kick over.after about 15 tries it kicks over.any ideas?

Answer 1

Try replacing the solenoid.

Answer 2

Although the connections are good, the wires might be corroded underneath the insulation, next to the terminals where you cannot see it. The battery terminal or the starter terminal may also be corroded inside their respective cases where you cannot see it.

The starter solenoid may have worn contacts..

Also sometimes the starter armature is defective, but usually that means your situation occurs only occasionally, after it stopped spinning at a particular dead spot in the armature from the last start.

Assuming you get a good charge, my first step would be to replace the battery cables with new ones and double check that you have good ground connections from the chassis to the engine and to the dashboard. If that didn't work, replace the solenoid if it is a separate component. If that didn't work then remove and disassemble/clean or replace the starter/solenoid. If that didn't work then replace the battery. If that didn't work then start over because you missed something.

Answer 3

I would question whether connections are good.

Often over looked is the positive terminal at the starter from the battery. Dissimilar materials will corrode and reduce conductivity.

After several tries the heat through the corroded junction has caused expansion of the parts and more firm contact conducts better. Take the cable off the starter and clean the lug, and the nut. Often, just tightening and loosening the nut will establish good contact--for a while.

Answer 4

make sure the interior light dimmer wheel is not turned to dome, at its full turn. you can hit that with your knee by accident on a merc sable. its by the light switch on the dash, low. Parasitic draw. you said you can hear something working inside when the keys are out. You said its basically a brand new battery. Find the component making the noise and shut it off or un plug it. but at any rate. take the battery to get it charged back up by a tech who knows how to charge an automotive battery. like a tire store and service center. Or, since it has been 1000 miles ask the carlot for help. they might even bring you a battery and get you back to their favorite shop to get it handled. When you are done, you should have a charged battery, a load test on that battery, a starter draw test, and a check of the cable connection at the starter dammit. these things for those years changed the use of a bite washer. some look ok but have poor connection. an alternator out put test, and very important, a parasitic draw test.

Answer 5

on the starter is a solenoid that pulls the starter gear into the flywheel. it is typical for the solenoid to go bad and should be replaced. not a hard job. the starter must come out and the solenoid replaced on top of the starter. also bench test it to make sure it works before putting it back into the auto.

Answer 6

Replace your starter. I promise this will fix the problem. Don't try to just replace the solenoid on the starter for 2 reasons. First off you cant buy just a solenoid for the starter, second if you did it wouldn't be realy cost affective.

Answer 7

if the startehas been tested and is good and everythingelse s good and you are getting the clicking sound well dose it do it all the time or after a few trys start up ? it sounds like the contacts on the starter ar bad and need to be repaces

Answer 8

Clean the Battery terminal Check fuel pressure,if there is no
pressure you have to replace the fuel pump Immeditely,nothing
to do with solenoid switch or fuel filter.

Answer 9

its probably the solenoid switch on the starter,,or the starter relay ,,most cars have either of these,and some cars have both,,you didn't say what kind of car,,make or model it was,,all i can do is guess here,good luck ,next time ad this info,ans we can answer this for you.

Answer 10

Solenoid.