Engine not cranking over?

2005 BUICK LESABRE
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AIM1
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My car turns off while i'm driving, mostly at night. Dash lights, radio, headlights all work (*the left head light starts acting wierd like it turns off while the right side stays on) but no crank when i turn the key. It has no check engine light. I tested the battery, starter, and the the alternator and they all work fine. What can the problem be?
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FIXITMR
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did you try neutral on the no crank instead of park?
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WRENCHTECH
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How do you eventually get it started?
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DSHELLY77
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You may want to investigate the torque converter soleniod it can stall the car when at a stop light and also I've had it happen during driving
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WRENCHTECH
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The TCC is not going to knock out the dash.
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DSHELLY77
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It's happend to me firsthand, unless It was a hallucination.
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DSHELLY77
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Maybe when I grow up and have over 8,500 answers then I can bad mouth actual experiences.
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WRENCHTECH
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Don't get cocky. A faulty TCC solenoid will have no effect on electrical accessories or cluster functions. That's just a fact.
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FIXITMR
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did he say dash was not working?
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DSHELLY77
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Dash lights, radio, headlights all work its in the post
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DSHELLY77
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The one headlight could be a different issue........ That's just fact
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WRENCHTECH
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Ok, I misread the part about the dash but a TCC is still impossible with the symptoms given. It will never cause a "no crank"

[quote]*the left head light starts acting wierd like it turns off while the right side stays on) but no crank when i turn the key[/quote]

It's time to back off the nonsense and wait for the customer to respond.
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CADIEMAN
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check for start signal from the ingnition switch at the starter seloniod when it wont crank.
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WRENCHTECH
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Can we just let this guy respond so I can find out if he's jumping the car or not to get it started?
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AIM1
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Well i cant get it started i have to push it back home if im close to my house. If not just park it and get it the next day to take it home. I just made a video a couple of minutes ago so you can see. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8-VbC4EMZw
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WRENCHTECH
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OK, you've pretty much ruled out battery connections. The starter is highly suspect but it could really be most anything in the starter circuit and it would have to be troubleshooted. You could start out as Cadieman suggested by checking for power at the purple wire at the starter while the key is being held in the "start" position.
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CADIEMAN
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gm starter go bad and do nothing.if you have power on the purple wire.the starter needs to be replaced.back in the day first thing im doing is have someone hold th key in start poss.use a hammer to tap on the starter and see if it cranks.
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