Yesterday, I went out to grab a bite to eat, when I tried to start the car to leave...it started for a few seconds then shut off. After that it just wouldn't start, so I thought it was the battery. I bought an optima redtop battery, replaced it, and it still didnt start. Then I thought it had to be the starter. So I took the starter out, had it tested and the it was tested as a bad starter. I replaced the starter today with a new one and it is still not working. It is making a sound like it is about to start, but is just not fully starting(The sound was a better sound than the previous starter, as if it were about to start). Tomorrow I am going to take the starter out, put it back in and try it again. If that doesn't work, I was going to go back and get that one tested, since it is a remanufactured one. Does anyone know what is wrong...... are there any common parts that get messed up that are linked to the starter?

Just a side note: when I try to roll my windows up they go up very slowly.

 

jump the starter and see if it spins, if it doesn't get another one... sometimes autozone starters are a pos and wont work right.

 

That is what I was going to do tomorrow...I don't want to go replacing parts that don't need to be replaced such as the alternator or anything like that.

 

I dont see why the starter wouldn't crank up even if the alternator was bad and your battery had enough juice..

Does it click then stop?

 

it just keeps clicking until i stop turning

 

Weird.. Usally they click once and stop.. Maybe its stuck or something, see if it spins when you take it out tomorrow..

 

Yah, this is really pissing me off... I have an extra car until the 14th...my problem has to be solved by then

 

this reminds me of when one of my friends had this prob with his 95 corolla....he just banged on the starter really hard with a hammer and it started right up....

 

lol..I dont think i will be doing that to my new starter

 

check those hoses going to intake they might be out... my got out and soon as i start it it shuts down.. that was my problem

 

Sounds like a week battery/bad connection/bad cables problem to me... with a fresh (fully charged) battery - your windows should go up/down normally... unless of course you have drained the new battery by cranking and cranking for a long time. Did you check all the fuses and relays (esp. the fuel pump, ignition).

 

does your lights come on at the dashboard? When you turned the key?