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1997 Nissan 200SX

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diazpro21, Pomona, CA, October 21, 2010, 22:24

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when i started my car it didnt turn my lights all came on but i didnt hear the motor start just silence not even like the ignition trying too start the car

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  DaveJHM October 21, 2010, 22:31
  

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  Make sure you are in park or neutral for the automatic transmission (wiggle the shifter or move it back and forth a couple times...), and the clutch is securely depressed for a manual. The starting system will look for neutral or park or the clutch being depressed before it will allow the signal to get to the starter. With not even a "click" from your problem description, that's where I'd start.

  Beyond that, you could have a battery cable issue (loose, corroded - at the battery or the ground or the starter...), you could have a starter relay issue, or a solenoid/starter issue. If you try to have the car jump started, will it then start?

  You could even have a basic battery issue, even with lights on, you may not have enough power to get the starter motor turning.
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