rangergirl1990
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- Dec 18, 2011
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- Location
- southern california
- Vehicle Year
- 2002
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- Transmission
- Automatic
I don't plan on checking into any of this myself, unless it is SUPER basic. The point is I don't want a mechanic charging me to flush this and replace that if the problem is a tiny wire or something. So any best guesses based off my description would be greatly appreciated!
A few months ago my car began having issues starting. On the first try it would ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, but not start, and on the second try it would roar right up just fine. It never took more than two tries, and sometimes only took one try. Then last week I got in and turned the key and just got one loud CLICK of failure. When the key was half turned my music, lights, and power windows worked, but when turned all the way I kept getting one single click/clonk sound. Not quite sure how to describe it. I was able to get it started after 4 or 5 attempts, and for the next few times I drove it either started fine or did the ch-ch-ch-ch one time before starting. Then I got the big CLICK again yesterday and it took what seemed like 100 tries to start. I plan on takin the ol' girl in tomorrow and we tend to get screwed at the mechanic. Thanks in advance for reading and responding!
A few months ago my car began having issues starting. On the first try it would ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, but not start, and on the second try it would roar right up just fine. It never took more than two tries, and sometimes only took one try. Then last week I got in and turned the key and just got one loud CLICK of failure. When the key was half turned my music, lights, and power windows worked, but when turned all the way I kept getting one single click/clonk sound. Not quite sure how to describe it. I was able to get it started after 4 or 5 attempts, and for the next few times I drove it either started fine or did the ch-ch-ch-ch one time before starting. Then I got the big CLICK again yesterday and it took what seemed like 100 tries to start. I plan on takin the ol' girl in tomorrow and we tend to get screwed at the mechanic. Thanks in advance for reading and responding!