Okies, Listen very closly. I have a 1996 Saturn SL2. My car will most of the time start but other times it will not. It is not even turning over. Its doing nothing! So I thought maybe it was the starter, not the starter itself but a short in maybe part of the electrical part, so i bought a new one, might i add $$145.00!!! So i had the starter changed two days ago and today the same BS i went through for two weeks!!! Please someone help me!!! Mr. Dodge Man, I know you know!!!
2007-02-08 17:44:09 · 10 answers · asked by Keylas 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I took it to Auto Zone and had them check the alternator and if it were to be the battery my lights,radio and what not would not come on correct?
2007-02-08 17:53:12 · update #1
If it's freezing cold, it's probably a dead battery. Check the battery cables too.
2007-02-08 17:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
already headed to answer when I saw you added other things.
Alway's start with the battery. This time of the year corrosion keeps the car from starting regularlly. Simple matter of cleaning the acid and corrosion off them.
Starter silinoids are the next check. Some come with the starter and are built on. Some are not. You may buy a starter without and it wasnt the starter, You also have what some refer to as the brain box. This is usually what sits on top of you distributor. It controlls the elect. current to the wires.
I have also ran into a situation under the distributor cap where a simple small plug in device is shorting out or wearing out. This is rare and often overlooked. Another Under the dist. cap is a peice of metal thats simply a ground. I have seen these melted through. It's such a small area you can sometimes still get what you need but not alway's.
I'm betting it's elect. Good luck Maybe it's republicans....lol
2007-02-08 18:03:43 · answer #2 · answered by Grand Eminence 1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-17 05:49:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be the battery.. have you checked that.. does it turn over?
Another thing to check is the alternator....
If you can get the car started.. CAREFULLY.. disconnect the positive battery cable.. Does it still run?
If so.. Its not the alternator
Could also be an inline fuse blown.. But you'd need that checked by a pro.
2007-02-08 17:51:01 · answer #4 · answered by emanon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just dealt with the same thing in my Wrangler. I even switched out the starter relay (looks like a fuse). It turned out to be a lose wire near the fuse box. What a pain that was to track down.
2007-02-08 17:50:08 · answer #5 · answered by narrfool 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just had to buy a battery for the same problem. It would not hold a charge, however if I got a jump start it would keep running. The fat that it kept running tells you the alternator is fine.
2007-02-08 17:54:31 · answer #6 · answered by Teacher 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be anything from a bad ground to a bad ignition switch the neutral switch was my first guess but it may be a a bad ground cable next time it wont turn over try putting it in neutral and try it if it works that way its the switchif not than start checking the ground cables
2007-02-08 21:53:32 · answer #7 · answered by wisper2u2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be the neutral safety switch... that went on my old dodge and it did the same thing. also as said it could be the starter solenoid or battery, or just a loose connection to the starter or solenoid... that happened on my old caprice.
2007-02-08 18:19:00 · answer #8 · answered by darrin b 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you have a intermittent electrical problem.....the worst kind......make sure all your ground wires are tight & clean......from the battery to the frame,engine to firewall.......it seam,s to be a loose connection.....or a faulty switch.......the problem is you can,t locate the problem untill it rear,s it,s ugly head.......but when it does......start tracing with a test light probe...this process is tedious but necessary.....start from the positive at the battery,to the starter,to the ign. switch,.....soon you will identify the culpret.....good luck!
2007-02-08 18:05:58 · answer #9 · answered by slipstream 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check to find out if your voltage regulator is on your starter or your firewall-thats if there is one on that car i am not sure but i know that it is a problems with fords- if that is bad it wont even make an effort to start
stephan
2007-02-08 17:58:12 · answer #10 · answered by stephan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋