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This should be a simple and quick thread, but I was wondering if you guys have trouble starting the car sometimes. Not the engine turning over, but just when you turn the key to turn it on, it does nothing, it just clicks. This seems to happen to me when the car has been sitting for 1 or 2 days.

Anyone else get this problem?

 

Happens to me every day in the morning when i have to start the car for the first time in a while i have to turn once all the electrical turn on and dosent turn... second time it might work if not the third does

 

Yea this is exactly it, do you know if this is a problem or how we could go about fixing this? It has taken me almost 5-6 times for it to finally start and I recently tried to do it and it drained my battery

 

I have the same problem also. would like to know what is the problem also.

 

Does it click once or multiple times?

 

Mine does that once in a while, like once a month?

 

its either the contacts in the ignition barrel or the solenoid in the starter. one guaranteed way of starting it if its the starter solenoid is to quickly flick the key back and forward, after the 3rd-4th flick it will start. A rotary workshop showed me how they did it as they get quite a few with starter solenoid problems, not just FD.

 

Yea sounds like ignition switch, at least I've seen it before in a few nissan's like this.

 

could this be of any reason the battery dies out?

 

mines only done it once, and thats b/c its been sitting for like, 4 weeks... every once in a while, go out and start it up, and let it sit for about 5 - 10 minutes, show the car some love!! =)

 

I'd imagine it's either the starter motor, solenoid, or possibly the clutch switch. Most likely the motor or solenoid though.

 

Yep, I just recently started having starting problems as well. Today after driving the car to my parents, I turned around to go home 20 minutes later and it wouldn't start. It was cranking and cranking and cranking, and kept catching (starting) for a couple of cycles, then would die out. Didn't matter if you gave it no gas or floored it, still wouldn't go. Finally, let it sit for about 10 minutes, tried it again and it started. Idled around 200 rpms for about 10 seconds (almost like the leading coil wasn't firing or something) then the idle came up to normal. I notice my FD will do this once in a while (start kinda rough, but it's always started before), but it's been doing it more frequently so I'm getting worried. Today I had a theory that the coil overheated, but I don't know how legit that may or may not be.

 

mine did this as well, I believe dale clark has a write up about how to fix this.

 

Would you by any chance have a link to that thread? I'd appreciate it!