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post Aug 10, 2012 - 3:18 PM
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perkyshadow



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I need some ideas, guys. My '96 hatchback is having some starting issues. It was running flawlessly, and I left it in a lot for sale at my mom's work about three weeks ago. Now it just won't start. I checked the starter and battery. They're fine. I also checked the clutch start wire just to make sure it's connected. When I go to crank it, I can hear the fuel injectors engage. But it just won't activate the starter. No wiring has changed since I was driving it every day. All the ground wires are properly connected. No grounds are loose. I did just put the engine in this past March. It acts like it did before I remembered to connect the clutch start wire. Any ideas? Could it be the ignitor or something? I'm a little at a loss! Thanks in advance!
 
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post Aug 12, 2012 - 1:41 AM
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Test your AM2 fuse. My car died while driving it a while back and I ended up towing it home after it wouldn't crank yet everything would work. I could hear the fuel pump, all the electronics worked ect. Thought I toasted the motor cause it was a hot day and I had been in traffic for a good while. Decided to check every single fuse and found a fuse labled as AM2 blown. Don't know what it does, but I know the car won't crank without it. Talked to my bud that owned it and he said when he owned it was doing fine but randomly one day it wouldn't start and it was the same fuse.

Edit: Wait I just realized, you said your starter wasn't going, which I believe without AM2 should still work cause iirc it just powers the igniter and such. So nvm.

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- perkyshadow   starting troubles   Aug 10, 2012 - 3:18 PM
- - SupraKid   You are sure the battery is fully charged?   Aug 10, 2012 - 3:27 PM
- - perkyshadow   Yeah. I took it to Autozone and had them charge i...   Aug 10, 2012 - 4:39 PM
- - richee3   Any clicking, popping, any noises like that when y...   Aug 10, 2012 - 4:55 PM
- - Ghost1   i had this happen to me before, the connector at t...   Aug 10, 2012 - 4:58 PM
- - perkyshadow   No popping or clicking. The starter does nothing ...   Aug 10, 2012 - 11:59 PM
- - SupraKid   Since you have a GT you can hotwire the starter pr...   Aug 11, 2012 - 1:25 PM
- - Special_Edy   QUOTE (Special_Edy @ Apr 3, 2012 - 1...   Aug 11, 2012 - 3:05 PM
- - zfjohnson07   check your fuses, i had this problem when i tried ...   Aug 11, 2012 - 7:49 PM
- - perkyshadow   Thanks for the insight, guys! I didn't sp...   Aug 11, 2012 - 11:28 PM
- - gotian   From someone who worked art auto zone I will tell ...   Aug 12, 2012 - 12:32 AM
- - travisxcore   Test your AM2 fuse. My car died while driving it a...   Aug 12, 2012 - 1:41 AM
- - Special_Edy   No travisxcore, I think you were right at first. T...   Aug 12, 2012 - 3:01 AM
- - perkyshadow   Well.... I checked it out today. Got it started ...   Sep 7, 2012 - 10:43 PM
- - Special_Edy   The idiot lights are grounded to the engine and th...   Sep 7, 2012 - 11:09 PM
- - richee3   Sounds like something is unplugged somewhere. The ...   Sep 8, 2012 - 5:59 AM
- - zfjohnson07   You don't have a car alarm do you? When I boug...   Sep 8, 2012 - 6:57 AM
- - perkyshadow   Thanks for the help guys! I also spent a litt...   Sep 8, 2012 - 10:40 PM
- - richee3   Glad you got it fixed!   Sep 9, 2012 - 7:05 AM
- - Special_Edy   RE: starting troubles   Sep 9, 2012 - 6:48 PM


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