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Here's how it goes. I drive my car - say to the store, or to work. I turn it off and go inside, come back out anywhere from a half hour to two hours later and the car won't start. No turn over AT ALL. It's NOT the battery. Everything turns on - fans, lights etc. It's just that Last click of the key - it has no response in the car.

Mechanics are all baffeled by this (I've spent over a thousand dollars on it now). None of them can git it too happen so they can't properly diagnose it.

It's NOT the starter - I had it replaced.
It's NOT the egnition. Had that replaced too. I also recently got a tune up.

Here's what I think now - it's some kind of overheating problem. Usually when it won't start I open the hood and fan it for anywhere from ten minutes to an hour and then it will start.
There is nothing else wrong with this car - I love it. Here's another thing - it NEVER happens between October and April. It only happens in the summer months.

Good Luck!

2007-05-09 13:54:49 · 4 answers · asked by vnicolosi 1 in Cars & Transportation Maintenance & Repairs

4 answers

LOL!
I had the EXACT same problem with my 1984 Toyota Camry.

The problem is the starter overheats.

1. Get a new starter motor. Don't buy aftermarket, get and OEM one. The aftermarket ones don't have the insulation that the OEM ones do.
2. Get a heat shield for the start motor. The 1996 Corolla has the starter motor on the under side of the car. My 1984 Camry had the starter motor in the front of the car.

When I was stranded because the car wouldn't start, I unplugged the connector to the temperature sensor, which caused my cooling fans to turn on automatically. This circulated the air in my engine compartment and cooled the starter motor. I could typically get it started back up in under a minute with this trick.

You might want to try that trick too! Or, in most cars you can also trick the electrical cooling fans to turn on by placing the key in the accessory position and hitting the A/C button to turn it on. This typically kicks off the relay and turns on the cooling fans inside the car.

It's the EXACT same issue I had in the past, and I'm 90% sure it's the same thing.

2007-05-09 14:07:23 · answer #1 · answered by hsueh010 7 · 0 0

its never ok to put anything like wd40 on a belt. Any petroluem based liquid will eat up the belt and make it breal even faster. Have the pulleys cleaned up with a wire brush and install some gatorback belts or dayco belts.if that doesnt work, while its running rub a candle on both sides of the belts and it will add some tackiness to the bets and pulleys. And have it checked by an ase cert auto tech cuz if your going to vip or pepboys those guys usually have no idea what there doing.

2016-05-19 03:20:35 · answer #2 · answered by brianne 3 · 0 0

if it turns over then it is not any of the all ready fixed issues

if it does not turn over, try moving the gear selector around while holding the key if it tries to turn over then it is either an adjustment or faulty neutral safety switch on Toyota they are usually mounted on the trans not on the shifter

2007-05-09 14:30:04 · answer #3 · answered by yodamandemonoid 3 · 0 0

Its the computer.Get it replaced and it will solve your problem.You would'nt believe how much trouble one can cause.If you have an old timer mechanic that thinks different get another.

2007-05-09 14:06:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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