Re: [DML] Help.....Car Won't Start

["rdthomason28209" <rdt7@xxxx>]

No rapid clicks. I may be getting a single click; it's hard to tell. 
However the engine does not budge at all. I'm using pretty robust 
jumper cables and have tried two different cars to jump it off of. I 
still think it has something to do with the Alarm system since it 
won't turn on now. I'm going to check the battery in the 
Alarm 'clicker' but I replaced it not too long ago so I don't think 
that's it. There must be some way to bypass the Alarm System or at 
least reset it.

Bob


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, dherv10@xxxx wrote:
> Bob, My first impression is the solenoid /starter has reached it's 
life. Are 
> you getting rapid clicks when trying to start or do you get one 
solid click 
> and it just barely turnes over. If the later is what's happening. 
The more 
> than likley the starter solenoid is going out. Unless you have a 
large gauge 
> jumper cable, and another good hot battery, you may not be able to 
transfer 
> enough current to turn the starter over good enough to start the 
car.
> John hervey
> http://www.specialtauto.com/
> 
> << I'm still new to my car and it seems to have some sort of 
electrical bug 
> that has now prevented it from starting. I drive this car daily but 
sometimes 
> the battery goes dead undetermined reasons. Not often, just 
occasionally. 
> 
> Got in it this afternoon and battery was dead. Tried a jump which 
has worked 
> in the past but engine would not budge. Got a normal voltage 
reading on the 
> dash meter and radio, etc. worked. Engine just wouldn't turn over. 
Let 
> jumper cables stay attached while other car kept running for a 
while to 
> charge battery----no luck. What could be keeping the engine from 
turning 
> over??
> 
> Only other clue is that the car was having a very slight 
difficultly 
> starting in recent days. Like it didn't want to fire. Previously it 
would 
> just start right up.
> 
> I also have a Code Alert alarm system. I don't know if it's 
connected to the 
> ignition in any way. Normally what happens is when I connect jumper 
cables, 
> the alarm goes off. I hit the disarm button on the remote and start 
the car. 
> Only this time it wouldn't turn over. 
> 
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