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Help! Car won't even crank!!

Feb 21, 2020
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Hi so I started the car this morning and started perfectly then when I get to work and shut it off still perfectly fine, when I come to go home it cranked for half a second on the first try and never cranked again, I've tried to jump pack it and use my girlfriend's car to also jump it with no luck? Is there a starter motor fuse that might have blown or maybe battery is dead as when turned wipers on they seemed abit slow as well as windows but only slightly
 

Johny

Active Member
Feb 22, 2020
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What engine is it? Could be the battery or a starter solenoid, mine did exactly the same thing couple of years ago.

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Johny

Active Member
Feb 22, 2020
52
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Try a different battery that you know is good, if it still doesnt crank then its most likely the starter or the solenoid.

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mty12345

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Check the wiring to the solenoid on the starter. Also check battery terminals are clean and free of corrosion. If they are both Ok then try tapping the starter motor with a hammer or similar while someone else tries to crank it. Sometimes when they start to fail they stick at a dead spot and tapping them will get it to turn.
 

SteveWM

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Jul 12, 2016
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Check the wiring to the solenoid on the starter. Also check battery terminals are clean and free of corrosion. If they are both Ok then try tapping the starter motor with a hammer or similar while someone else tries to crank it. Sometimes when they start to fail they stick at a dead spot and tapping them will get it to turn.

Single wire to the solenoid broke on mine last year, was intermittent for a few days before the final strands broke. Simple fix with a new spade terminal.


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Feb 21, 2020
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sorry for being inactive, so i replaced the battery and nothing happened but infact the battery was wrong on mine for some reason so i kept the new one on the car however the issue was the starter, i smacked it with a breaker bar and heard a click then nothing so then i knew it was electronically dead so i bump started it home and fitted new starter motor job done! works every time now but now im faced with more issues on the car :( ill post another thread ..
 
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