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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 11:51 AM
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holy crap help

Everytime i go to try and start my 7 i can turn on the interior fans it beeps etc but as soon as i try to start it i hear a click and then everything goes dead until i let it sit for a while, i tried cleaning the grounds, jumpstarting it, and checking all the fuses if someone could please give me more things to look for it would be amazing
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 12:08 PM
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check your starter cable. sounds like a short to me.
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 12:15 PM
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get the battery checked out/ fully charged
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 03:01 PM
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battery is fine checked all the connections between battery and starter nothing checked all of my connections for the safc2 all are clean. . . give me some more ideas please
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by solpower
battery is fine checked all the connections between battery and starter nothing checked all of my connections for the safc2 all are clean. . . give me some more ideas please
Starter relay? Take a stick and tap it, it's a little cylinder on the starter.
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 03:05 PM
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you mean the starter solonoid? its brand new just replaced it 2 months ago. . .
And its not something to do with the starter because whenever i try to fire it the whole car dies but if i remove the ground and put it back on it lets me "try again"
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 03:08 PM
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What's the voltage the battery's showing (check it with a meter). Should be 12-13vdc. Sounds like weak battery or a bad starter/solenoid to me.
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 03:14 PM
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my safc is showing it at 11.6 volts which i know is weak but it still should roll it over and not completely crash like this right? i would have thought it would have been one of those 2 as well but the starter went bad before and it didnt cause the car to die everytime i tried to crank it
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 03:16 PM
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i also forgot to mention that before this it was runnign perfectly i went out one day and it drove fien the next day this
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by solpower
you mean the starter solonoid? its brand new just replaced it 2 months ago. . .
And its not something to do with the starter because whenever i try to fire it the whole car dies but if i remove the ground and put it back on it lets me "try again"
Yeah, "solenoid" is what I meant.
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 06:05 PM
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What you are describing sounds like corrosion on the battery terminals. Even if they look fine you should remave the cables and clean the connections. Also 11.6 is marginal voltage, you should charge your battery or use jumper cables to try and start it.
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