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Question: when trying to my start car it makes clicking sound and will not start

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bigted123, 3.0L V6, Beltsville, MD, December 25, 2011, 17:24

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the make of my car is a ford taurus the year is 2003

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  patrick mannion from Greg Solow's Engine Room, December 25, 2011, 18:37
  

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  It sounds like either loose battery connections or more likely a failed starter solenoid. Get a friend to crank over the engine for you as you tap on the starter solenoid/starter motor and see if the engine will then start. If so it may save you towing your car. You will have to tap it with a heavy screw driver.
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