Guys I'm stuck and pretty frustrated. The car was cranking fine before and it just

magically stop cranking. The car is a na s5 which is 5 spd as well. I went through a lot

of troubleshooting and still no luck. Here's what I went thru!

-Starter works fine if I jump power to it.
-The fuses inside and out in the engine bay are good.
-The start cut relay I tried bypassing by jumping the wire black green small to black blue big wire didn't do anything when I attempt to crank it.
-clutch switch I bypassed and jumped it but no changes.
-ignition switch i checked the turn signal and wipers all checked out good so that should be fine.

Finally I found a relay inside that has the same black/red wire in the bottom for the starter to trigger on. If I jump the wire with power the car cranks on? I'm not sure where the problem is resting. Any advice or diagrams will help!!!

 

Where exactly is this relay you found and what were the other wire colors to this relay.

 

It's located underneath the driver side dashboard. I attached a picture so you can see what I'm talking about. Like I mention if I give power to the black and red wire it cranks.

 

The relay pictured is the Circuit Opening Relay. The B/R wire comes from the Interlock Switch and the B/R wire splits in two where one wire runs to the relay while the other relay goes to the starter solenoid which explains why the engine turns over when power is placed to the B/R wire. W/key to start and the clutch depressed the B/R wire in the relay should have voltage.

The B/R wire coming out of the Interlock Switch thus must also have voltage w/key to start and clutch depressed.

The B/G wire of the Interlock Switch would also have voltage w/just key to start.

The thick B/G wire of the Starter Cut Relay would have voltage w/key to start as well as the Black/Blue wire.

Which of these fail when you test the circuit?

 

Satch you are the man. I went through the steps and found the b/g wire getting voltage when I crank with the key. So I jumped the interlock plug b/g to b/r and bam it cranked the car on every time. Thank you sir I really do appreciate it you are a wizard!

 

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