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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: TN
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: TN
Posts: 1,518
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While she may have a starter problem, that doesn't appear to be the issue right now.
It sounds electrical. Wiring, fuse or ecu. Not sure from your post. For example, the computer system post (when the lights show on the dash for everything) is the cars pre-start state. Power is being fed to the computer/electronic system. THat is totally independent of the starter, so you not having those is an issue.
You could have blow several fuses or have loose/fried wiring. This bad electrical system could be impacting the power to the starter.
Or, you may have a bad battery. It takes significantly more juice to crank the engine than it does to have a light. Depending on the quality of the light and the ambient light; you may not be able to tell if the light is weak. A weakend battery that is able to show light but not even able to attempt to move the starter (and engine) is possible. Happened to me a couple times...
Seeing the light "dim" is one indicator, but not always present and not always true.
You should see how much power is coming from the battery. Also, if there is corrosion or bad wiring from the battery, attempting to jump start through it can have 0 impact. Are your terminals clean? Free of battery corrosion?
Anyway. You may very well have a bad/weak starter, but you also have an electrical issue. Whether this is caused by a bad/weak battery, bad ECU, blown fuse or rotted/fried wiring has to be determined by you.
Tracking down electrical issues can be one of the most annoying this. It could well be at the harness or any other place on a wire...
You can grab a multimeter and start by seeing what the battery is giving you.
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