kyleviney91da

My Friend has a 2000 Si and the starter recently went out. Before it worked fine that after a couple of months it started acting wierd as hell. It would click like 5 times. try to turn the motor twice then finally would start it up. Now it just doesn't work at all. Has anyone heard of this happening before? because i dont want her to waste a bunch of money and just have me throw a new one in there.

VTAC-KAT

sounds like the solenoid that is on the starter which is a common problem on import starters

is the clicking coming from under the dash or the starter?

gezzuzz

the starter has 2 wires... one big one for teh battery and one small one.. unplug the small one and get a wire (speaker wire will work) and connect it to the battery.. (make sure your out of gear.. if the car tries to start you know your starter is good

Pure Sol

Having a similar problem with my del sol VTEC. I've been through 4 starters with each one failing a month to 2 months after. Be careful with that hot wire trick but let me know if you find anything out. Good luck

kyleviney91da

Yeah i was thinking it was the solenoid to.. But the click normally indicates the starter solenoid to be energized. i'll have to take some dvm readings to be sure