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Did you try starting in neutral? Could be the neutral safety switch. Try shifting thru the gears with your foot on the brake and turning the key. If it tries to start in another gear, adjust or replace the neutral safety switch. If not that, is there a security light flashing? Could be a problem with the security system.
If you cannot hear a click from the starter when you try to crank the motor, then the first guess would be a dead battery or a loose battery connection.
However if you know the battery to be OK then it could be
- a faulty neutral start switch, yes
- a dead segment in the starter motor winding
- a faulty solenoid
- a failed chip in the ignition key, if of that type
Will engine move by hand? Put a breaker bar on crank bolt and see if it turns. When you turn key on, does anti theft light go off? Have you tried putting it in neutral and trying to start it?
Below are 2 pictures for you. Both are pretty much in the same spot it just depends on if you have a 3 or 4 speed transmission. Now I'm not sure of the "clicking" sound that you are talking about but I just want to mention that you do have a starter relay. You may be hearing that "Click" but your starter could be bad. Even your starter could be making the "clicking" noise. I say this because it sounds like failure in that area and not the neutral safety switch. If that were bad you would hear nothing as if you were trying to start it when it was in gear...you hear nothing. A quick test you can is to have someone turn the key to try and start the engine. While they are doing that put your finger on the starter relay (see picture below of location). if you feel it engauge or "click" that means you're getting power to the starting system and it's not your neutral safety switch. You could go one step farther and if the relay is clicking go down to the starter. Again while someone turns the key to start using a test light check to see if you are geting power to one of the smaller wires (not sure of the color but it will be on the solenoid) and if you are geting power while the key is turned and trying to start buy no power when they let off the key then you most likely have a bad starter. Or a wiring problem. I just wanted to mention this so you are just not changing parts for nothing. Hope this helps...
Neutral Safety Switch ? located at the bottom of the steering column. Mine is tricky, have to pull the shift lever while turning over to get it started. happened after i replaced ignition switch & Neutral Safety Switch
Since your lights don't dim when you turn the key, the starter isn't getting power at all. There is a large cable that runs from the battery to the starter, it should have battery voltage at all times. If it does, then check the smaller wire at the top of the solenoid, it should have battery voltage only when you turn the key to start. If that wire doesn't have voltage when you turn the key to start, look under the dash on the steering column. There should be a thick wire (about 12 gauge) that is red with a light blue stripe. This is the start wire. Test it for voltage when you turn the key to start. If you don't get voltage there, replace the ignition switch. If you do get voltage there, try starting it in neutral. The gear selector switch interrupts the starter circuit if the car is in gear so you can't grind the starter in gear or start it in gear. If this switch gets a bad spot on the contact, it can keep it from starting. It will only allow the starter to work in park and neutral. If it starts in neutral, then you need to replace the gear selector switch. If you get voltage at the ignition wire under the dash and it won't start in neutral, then you need to trace out the wire from the starter because it has a break in it and will have to be replaced.
well if when turning the the key and you get a flashing dash lights that tells me that your ignition module is bad. i would also check the connections under the dash you could have a shoryt or a few loose wires.
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