Well heres the situation I get out of work at 3 this morning and my car wont start, I get it jump started with the help of some amigos and I get and I turn it off and try to turn it back on and it wont start. I go outside this morning test the battery its at 12.5v jump start it and its now at 14.45v. So all that checks out...any Ideas?? any help appreciated

 

Check if the remote wire that plug to the starter wire have 12volt if you try to start it.

 

cool ill check that out

 

I just checked the main relay it looks fine visually is there any way i can test it since its out of the car already?

 

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i don't know how to test it once it's out, but if you plug it back in try to hear the fuel pump prime. also check the starter and ground wires. had the same problem at the beginning of the year. went and replaced the main relay, starter, and it turned out to be my ground wires. go figure.

 

Thanks, I put it back in and tried starting it and I could hear the fuel pump, but while I was plugging it in I noticed a brown wire hanging? Ill get a pic

 

Heres the pic...any Ideas?

 

is it in with the same wires? does it look like there's a wiring missing from the harness? i don't remember a wire like that when i did mine.

 

Yeah...I have no idea what that wires to. I checked the wires to the harness and they all seem to be there. 12 wires tobe exact

 

follow the wire to see where it goes. i doubt this is the solution to your problem, but you never know.

 

Wait, hooooold up, I'm a bit confused

U said "with the help of some amigos"

when u say "jump start it" do u mean u connected jumper cables and it stared, or pushed it and popped the clutch?

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If you pushed it and popped teh clutch, then jump the starter and see if it starts (make sure it's nto in gear and the e-brake is up), if it started it up with a boost (jumper cables) but still reads 12.5v on ur battery w/o a boost and w/o the car running, then you need a new voltage tester...

 

i jump started it, Im pretty sure the voltage testers good its like a 6 month old snap-on, once I got home from work i turned the car off and tried to restart it and it just clicked like if the battery was dead so i checked all that it seems fine. Im stumped on this one.

 

Im thinking its the main relay...when I have the key in the car and turned all the way the ralay just keeps clicking continuously then itll stop for half a second and start clicking again? any input

 

Also the radio doesnt turn on and the cluster lights are really dim? any input is appreciated

 

Well...replaced the main relay with a new one, same ****

 

Did you check all your fuses?

 

bad connection

 

Yeah, theyre all good, I jump started the car and drove like 2 miles got home turned the car off and tried to start it same **** happens....I dont know what it could be. The alternators putting out 14.45V the battery is at 12.5v when the cars off and theres not much of a voltage drop between the alternator and battery...Im lost

 

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That or faulty ignition switch...

 

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But shouldnt the ign switch be fine if the car starts with a jump? and bad connection where at the battery? cause thats the first thing i checked I took the post off and cleaned them

 

it could be a ground someplace...where I dunno, but that'd be the 'cause of it grounding to the other car when u jump it...

 

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So what you are saying is in fact your battery was dead, you jumped it and it started? Because that is what you do when you have a dead battery...

Either your alternator is not putting out enough AMPS to simultaniously run your engine, accessories AND charge the battery - or your alternator is fine and your battery is not holding a charge or not capable of putting out enough amps to turn your starter motor.

 

from everything i have read here it sounds like your battery is is dead and is bad not holding a charge no more.. definitly pick up a new one

 

Sweet I replaced the Battery and the car started right up...Thanks for everybody's input

 

good, glad to see it was something simple!