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screetch/clicking when starting the car "sometimes"??

Old 02-07-2011, 09:15 AM
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Default screetch/clicking when starting the car "sometimes"??

I sometimes hear a tick/screech noise coming from under the steering column, but I am not sure if its in the engine back or in the cabin..This sound occurs when i am cranking the car...

anyways, when this sound occurs the car either doesn't crank at all, or if it does it is a very weak crank...

when the car doesn't crank after this ticking/screech occurs while trying to crank the car..I can crank the car after a few seconds...

very strange and I am not sure what this is from...

Notice it in the cold more so then in the hot weather..


Main relay?? or Grounding ISSUE???
Old 02-07-2011, 09:24 AM
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Maybe the alternator is seizing up. Remove the belt to see whether the alternator pulley is difficult to spin and makes noise.
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