92 would not start (starter wouldn't turn)
#1
92 would not start (starter wouldn't turn)
I could not get my 92 tbi to start again. I would turn the key and the starter wouldn't turn. It has been raining BTW. I got home from work, and it started right up. I had this last summer after washing it at a spray car wash. Any suggestions?
#2
did you verify in park as well as in neutral that it would not crank?
#3
Also make sure that all battery cables and grounds are clean and tight. Check for 12 volt at the starter solenoid battery cable connection, should always have 12 volt. I am not sure about this car, but if the ignition key has a resistor pellet, make sure the security lamp in not lit.
#4
I wiggled the shifter in park, and nothing. There is a red security light, I believe it is aftermarket is on and is constantly dimming/bright... as if the alarm is going off. I removed the siren under the hood a while back, and I had the blinking parking lights disabled. It just seems like "haley's comet". It comes around once in a blue moon, and mysteriously goes away. It does seem to be moisture related, but I have had it in wetter conditions, and it started fine.
#6
It is lit. It also is also dim/bright flashing all the time. I think I have had this happen about 3 times in 2 years. I now recall the starter not turning over, and I replaced the battery thinking I fixed it. I drove to a friends house, shut it off, and we got in the car and it wouldn't turn over. We took the battery to auto parts, and it tested to be going bad. I still should have heard the solenoid tic tic tic even with a bad battery.
#10
sounds more like vats. if it was a dead spot in the starter, it usually wouldnt start up fine afterwards. it would be every couple of attempts that it wouldnt crank, not 3 times in two years