engine starter is not working?

check ign 1 fuse in the underhood electrical center as well as ign 2 then check the fuse for start under the dash fuse box. there also may be a starter relay in the same under hood center. switch a similar relay to see if that makes a difference. If okay it sounds like the battery is weak or the starter has gone out but to be sure lets check out these guides, they can help us fix it

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/starter-not-working-repair

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-battery-load-test

Please run down these guides and report back.

was driveing and car died tried to restart and it will not restart, changed the battery, samething all i get is one click noise when you try to start it. i had the starter tested at autozone they said it was good, what could be the issue?

It sounds like you have a bad connection. Check the battery terminals and make sure they are clean and tight. Also, check connections at the starter and make sure the ground from the battery to the engine block is clean and tight.

The battery, alternator and starter have tested fine and in good working order. All cables and connections are tight. When the key is turned to start the car all the lights on the dash come on but the car does not start and does not make any sort of odd sound. Nothing I do makes it start I just have to keep turing the key and eventually it will start. I have tried jiggeling the key to start and that doesnt help I have also tried putting it in neutral to start and that doesnt work either.

I had a friend who works on cars look at it and said it is not a fuel problem. He thinks it is the neutral safety switch or the starter solenoid. Opinions?

oh also, it seems to have this problem mostly after work. i drive 30 minutes to work monday -friday and I work 8.5 hours and when I go to leave I struggle to get it to start.

Raz is correct. It could be any of the things he mentioned. As far as the trans range switch, it tells the computer the gear selection. What to do is this, when it doesn't start, have a helper turn the key to the start position while you check for power to the starter. If there is power, the starter motor is most likely bad. If there is no power, then work back to the starter relay to see if there is power there.

my kia just died while going around a corner and will start again, when you try to turn it over it just clicks once and then nothing, if anyone can help please

I would start at the battery terminals . look to see if they're corroded and if not clean them anyway and make sure the cables are tight . Other than that you might just have a dead battery .


-Rob

I have a 2002 kia rio 1. 5 and it died the other day and when u turn the key it makes a single click sound and thats it
so i took starter out and its good. Then noticed engine would turn over when i tried to turn it at crank.timimg belt looks good from removing top cover

i'm taking it that this willnot turn over and am sending a diagram.check the two things I've pointed out and battery terminal ends connected tight and no corrosion. if it turns over and wont' start then scan for codes and check fuel pressure first.

It does not turn over and ive cleaned and replaced all terminals wires etc...

then check to see what kind of power you are getting to starter on positive cable it could be bad as well. it should have same voltage there as battery if it's not getting power to starter from neutral or clutch switch then work backwards, it could be an ignition switch as well.

I cant start the car in park, i have to put it in neutral, which is a little hard to shift. and when it first starts, the engine goes up and down and up and down for about 5 minutes, then stays on the 1. Then, when i first start to drive, it will drive then it will do a temporary cut-off and the brakes will get real real stiff, then catch itself after about 8 seconds and the breaks wont be stiff anymore. After it catches itself the RPM"s go to about 6, then shifts. Then, when im at a stop sign it makes noises, like a loud tap noise. So when i came back from the summer(it sat for two months), it would not start at all! then I gave it several jumps, and it didnt work. And i when i tried to start it, the car shifted to nuetral is ease, but it still wouldn't start! Every time i turn the key, my air comes on and my radio and lights and it beeps. Everytime i turned the key, the car wouldnt even try to start or turn over, it didn't do anything at all!. We checked the battery fluid and it was good. I dont know if its the catalyt converter or transmission or what. I dont have a clue of what it could be. May i please have help of what it could be...

First, we need to see if anything is getting power. Have you checked to make sure the battery terminals are clean and tight? Are you getting a good ground at the engine block? Is the battery producing a minimum of 12 volts?

Let me know and then we'll move on.

Joe

When I came to start the car, every thing comes on, but it will not start. The battery is new. I get power but does not click over. Every time I go to start the car it blows out the ignition fuse #21. This is the first time this has happened.

Hello,

That fuse goes to the ignition switch and then powers other fused accessories such as the radio. but I do see two things that are not fused which could pop the ignition fuse first the transmission range sensor. Can you unplug it to see if the fuse pops. Here is its location and the power wiring diagrams so you can see how the system works.

Check out the diagrams (below).

Please let us know what you find. We are interested to see what it is.

Cheers, Ken

Hello! Well I did what you told me to do. It didn't blow out the fuse. It still didn't turn over. But as I was going to plug it back in.. I noticed that a wire was out of place touching another part of the vehical. So I recounted the wire and tighten it up. Put the plug back in. Then lone behold the car started. And is now running again. Thank you.

Nice work, we are here to help, please use 2CarPros anytime.

Cheers, Ken

I replaced the starter, charged the battery, and tried giving it a jump. Nothing. My brother-in-law, who is a mechanic, said that power wasn't getting to the starter to spin it, but we don't know why. I checked the fuses in the main box, and they were all fine. What all do I need to do?

Make sure all wires from the battery are good.

The wires are fine. I'm getting power to the dash lights, so I know I'm getting power from the battery. Also, when I try to start the car, there is a slight buzzing sound coming from under the hood.

my daughter was driving the car for a while, then one day it would not start.She took it to a mechanic, who told her that the spark plug was sucked into the head, but i looked and their all still there.Still the motor will not turn over by means of the starter.Oil level checks out fine.The car ran great until that happened.

How does the engine turn over by hand?freely?Also the electrode side of the plug could have broke off into the cylinder.

If all the plugs are ther, how did the mechanic know that part of the spark plug is in the cylinders?

Manually turn the crankshaft anticlockwise to check if it can be turned.

i'm sending a schematic and check the two fuses i have marked with arrows. also check to make sure power is going through the neutral switch if an automatic or clutch switch if a stick.

How can I make sure that power is going through the neutral safety switch?

a test light or volt meter, you will need a helper to try to crank the car while tesing for going in and out

It's a rotary-style switch, so can I just use a test light ont the prongs of the plug that plug into the switch?

yes but if you disconnect the switch you will have to jump to the other wire or leave it plugged in an djust hit teh prongs on teh switch with the test light.

it was the ignition switch thank you

i drive a 2001 kia rio. i was driving the other day and without warning all of my dash lights (check engine, oil, battery, and brake lights) came on. then i could not accelerate at all, even when pressing the gas pedal all the way to the floor. i pulled over to the side of the road and turned the car off. when i tried to restart the car, it wouldn't turn over and only made a clicking sound. all of my lights, radio, and gauges were still working so i don't think the problem is electrical. when i got the car back to my house i looked under the hood and noticed that the oil was a little low. it never made any unusual sounds before this all happened and nothing like this has ever happened before. is my engine seized? or is there something else wrong with it?

check the charging system if you have less than 14 volts at the battery with engine running, the system has a problem. less than 12 volts engine off the car won't start. it will just click. less than 10v and the computer will act haywire. my money is on low voltage, or bad ground.

no starter operation after it rains?

hey,

I have had 2 rios before and now I have a 2005. I find that when I wash the car or after it rains or snows, the car has a lot of spots that pool water. Like where the rear glass meets the trunk lid, that spot pools water and then rusts the metal. The water also gets in most of the door jams and can get under the hood. Not only that, the water can sometimes leak on the inside of the car because of the seals of the windows.

Also, you know the rubber seal between the roof and the door frame? The glue wears out on that seal and water and air get in there too.

I have read on another forum that sometimes the fuse box can get moisture in it, and sometimes the fuses get some corrosion forming. The guy on that forum said he used some kind of water proof grease or something to coat the fuses, to avoid them from further getting wet. dont do this please without finding out first if its safe. Who knows if that guy did the appropriate thing.

Do you have power windows? If water is leaking inside the door frames, then that might affect the electrical in there.

Anyway I hope you figure out what is going on with your car. Make sure your battery posts are free from corrosion and that the wires are on tight.

Good luck.