so for the past month i have had to push start my ep3 because it just stopped starting back in early january. it has had issues where i would try and start it and nothing would happen so i would have to try a few more times and it would turn over, but now nothing happens. I have replaced my starter, starter relay, and tried to hot wire both the clutch neutral safety switch and the starter lock switch and it still does nothing, the starter doesnt even engage, just dead silence. i have sourced a clicking from my neutral safety switch when i turn the key and compress and de compress the clutch but i dont know if it is that. if anyone knows any information on what this issue could be, please let me know. I have been at this for weeks and it has really made everything a bigger issue with it.

 

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Jesus... this is "Starting 101" here. It is very likely that your clutch switch pad on your clutch pedal is broken/missing. Replace it and you will be fine. The OP's symptoms of the starter working "some" of the time until it simply didn't work at all is that the clutch pad was falling apart and allowing the clutch switch to close some of the time... until it fully broke/fell out and then it didn't work at all. So start there. One more thing: Rookie mistake in thinking that the clutch pad in question is at the bottom of the pedal... that one is for turning off the cruise control when set. You are looking for the one at the VERY TOP of the pedal... it is hard to see and tricky to replace.