Mantis421 Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 1993 STS.. Took a nice drive last night, not a single issue... Got home today from work and decided to go for another. Put the key in the iginition and "Click" is the only thing I get... Click seemed to come from close to the ignition module (firewall) side. Battery is a month old and reading 12.3 volts. Head lights, dash lights, horn all works perfectly for any period of time. No messages, no codes... Starter solinoid??? This one has got me baffeled.. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Concours Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 Similar thing happened to me in my mothers caddy the other day. Went over to her house and got her car so I could take it in for the fuel rail recall. It started fine. I drove it around, then came home. About an hour later I wanted to go wash it. It wouldn't start. Nothing at all, not even a click. The lights, radio, horn etc all worked fine. I tried to jump it. Nothing. Put the big battery charger on it and set it to start.......Nothing! I figured it was a bad battery. I called Sam's where I had purchased the battery and the guy said for me to check the battery terminals for corrosion. They looked fine from the outside, but once I took them off, they were corroded......pretty bad. So, I cleaned them real good and the car started right up and havent had a problem since. Jeff Jeff 98 Concours 90 Seville 04 Corvette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 DITTO, I had the same thing happen, check the battery connections, take them apart and look... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis421 Posted September 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 Funny thing, you think you know it all, at that min. you find out you don't... kinda like that is everything Battery Cable to the started was being cut by the serptine belt, darn near cut in half... that will do it... Tighten the cables again... Started right up... twice (had to do it agian) Thanks 98 Concours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis421 Posted September 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 Thanks to you too Scotty!! Amazing how simple things are sometimes! Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 Its easy to overlook the simple things, that is why this board is so good, as you get everyone elses experiences... Glad you got it going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwillis Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 Here is another hint when you notice intermittant starting problems. After 60K miles, I had the problem of my 94 Deville starting quickly when cold, but after warm up, it would act like a weak battery or dragging starter. I replaced an otherwise good battery, and that not fixing the problem, I dropped the starter to find that a ground strap from one starter terminal to ground was loose. Also be sure to check and clean the cable connections to the battery, chassis and the car frame. One of my negative leads was connected to the front support frame, and the body paint never cleaned where the terminal mated with the metal frame. Only the bolt thread was clean enough to provide any grounding. I have found that battery and starter connections need checking after a couple years just to make sure they are still clean and tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHE Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 Funny thing, you think you know it all, at that min. you find out you don't... kinda like that is everything Battery Cable to the started was being cut by the serptine belt, darn near cut in half... that will do it... Tighten the cables again... Started right up... twice (had to do it agian) Thanks 98 Concours If the battery cable to the starter was cut almost halfway through, I recommend replacing the cable. Kevin '93 Fleetwood Brougham '05 Deville '04 Deville 2013 Silverado Z71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis421 Posted September 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 Replace the wire, yeah that would be the smart thing to do Off comes the ingine cover again!!! Oh will, better than replaceing the starter... Thanks again all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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