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My gf's car wont statr on its own. When jumped it starts ok. Before I left for school I replaced the alternator b/c it was bad and wouldnt charge the batt. I also bought a new DieHard batt. When she tried to starts the car it usually doesnt do anything(just the raido/lights come on) but sometimes it does click(as if the batt is on its way out) once. What should I have her or my brother check?

Starter?

starter wire, Battery terminal connections, and grounds. You have juice off the battery, but you have a poor connection somewhere that is preventing full starting power.

BAC5.2 wrote:Starter?

I thought the same thing at 1st but if it can start on its own w/o push start I would think the started would be ok.

scottzg wrote:starter wire, Battery terminal connections, and grounds. You have juice off the battery, but you have a poor connection somewhere that is preventing full starting power.

Thanks, Ill have my brother check it out when he gets a chance.

Definitely sounds like a contact issue. Starters do get dead spots in them sometimes where they refuse to work when oriented in. I thought I had this problem last week and got a new starter in anticipation (it's the original), but I think all my short trips and below 0 cold just weakened the system as it's been fine since.

Steve

On a completely somewhat unrelated note, I had that same problem a while ago (could hear the solenoid, but wouldn't start) and it went away when I uninstalled my security system.