If it slowly cranks after tapping, your starter is dying.

Make sure your battery is good and none of your lights are dimming when you crank.

 

The battery is good, all the lights on the dash are lite up, and the headlights are working fine along with the radio. And the lights don't dim when cranking.

 

I am having the same problem as you I believe I have a 02 auto I was at store pumping gas I I went to my car to start it I turn the key to the on position everything lit up like normal but when I want to start it nothing happened after dragging it home I removed the starter had it tested and it tested bad so after putting a new starter in I came up with the same results at first I thought maybe my haltech went bad so I removed it still same results so I turn car on position and manually crank the starter the motor crank but would not turn on I could hear the fuel pump so I pretty much figured I was getting gas I took a spark plug out of 1 of the front to see if I was getting spark no spark I put spark plug back in hooked up the haltech and manually crank starter and car fired over I have a belief its NATS the car is now at Nissan will see what they say

 

if it was NATS, wouldn't the red security light be steady? Because I thought that about mine too, until someone filled me in that if it's blinking and the engine is cranking, than your not immbolized.

 

I'm bringing my car to a local mechanic in town, I cant get to all the bolts holding the starter to the transmission. Because I was gonna take it off and bring it to AutoZone to have them test it, and if it failed I was gonna buy a new one.

 

Wow, this thread is pretty funny thus far.

OP: NATS immobilizing your car simply cuts injector pulse. That means your car will still crank, and crank and crank.....etc no fire

I also believe that your usage of the word "crank" has mislead some folks. "crank" means turning over of the engine, they're synonymous/interchangeable terms. If the car cranks fine then your starter is fine, done end of story.

If your car has a charging issue (battery/alternator having drained battery...etc) and you get no crank - this is ruled out by jumping either via jump pack/another vehicle...etc If the starter turns the motor over (ie: cranks) yet your engine fails to fire up and come to life than you know your starter is dead.

I think you have a more in depth problem (such as the fuel pump) that you need to have diagnosed (since you don't seem much of a shadetree). Just cause you heard the fuel pump doesn't mean its good.

 

Well, I just met with the tow truck driver, he tried to jump my car, when I tried to start the car a couple times, he then told me, that the problem is with the timing chains. Ugh!!!

 

If I were a tow truck driver I would like to **** with people equally as much

Keep your cool and wait until you have it diagnosed by a proper mechanic. I'm betting its a fuel pump/pressure issue.

 

I'm having him tow it to the mechanic down the street form me. So I'll see what he tells me.

 

So it turns out, it was a bad battery. The tow truck driver had a stronger jump pack than mine. We left it on there for a few minutes, cranked it a few times, than I finally put the gas pedal to the floor, and cranked it once more, it the engine fired right up.

 

Fkking people don't listen

 

lol, plus uno

 

Your right, I don't listen. I don't even know why I ask questions on this website. Maybe I'm just humoring myself.

Or I just listen to select things and not everything.