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Old 04-05-2008, 06:43 AM
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Won't start, help please

Ok, so I drove home from work yesterday and ran inside real quick to grab something and run an errand. Go back out to the car and nothing, not even a click from the starter. The fans/dash/radio do come on. The battery on the car is less than a week old. Alternator is prob. 3 months old and I had it checked when the new battery was put in. Also new battery terminal ends for the battery. It started fine @ work and 20 min later I get nothing. Any ideas.
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Old 04-05-2008, 09:14 AM
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If the starter didn't click, it's probably bad. Remove it and take it to autozone to be tested. Could be as simple as a frayed wire going to the starter, but you won't know that until you're down there looking at it.
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is it manual? did you try giving her a push start? hope you didnt leave the Z stranded
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Old 04-05-2008, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by snwbrderphat540
is it manual? did you try giving her a push start? hope you didnt leave the Z stranded
no, it's an auto. It's stranded in front of the house thankfully.
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Old 04-05-2008, 12:41 PM
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It's been raining most of the day so I haven't been able to really do anything. I plan on checking any starter fuses and relays before I remove the starter. Any idea on where the relay is? The fuses I know will be labeled in the fuse box.
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Starter relay is in the driver's side wheel well. Peel back the rear-most splash shield and it'll be clipped into a bracket in there.

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http://www.twinturbo.net/net/viewmsg...orum=technical

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Old 04-06-2008, 07:46 AM
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also could be a bad connection where the battery cable meets the starter i believe. i'd check that one out, but it's not as likely as what has alreay been discussed.
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Old 04-06-2008, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by willkrom1990
also could be a bad connection where the battery cable meets the starter i believe. i'd check that one out, but it's not as likely as what has alreay been discussed.

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... Could be as simple as a frayed wire going to the starter...



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oops... speed reading again lol.
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