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 Aug 10, 2012 - 3:18 PM
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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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Sep 8, 2012 - 5:59 AM
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Sounds like something is unplugged somewhere. The fans are designed to run all the time if something is wrong with anything electrical in the engine bay. I would double check a the major plugs and go from there. EA1, the white plug next to it, ECU plugs, and the three vertical plugs next to the ECU. It sounds like one of these has a loose connection, which will allow the car to start sometimes but not others.
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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 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
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