General Maxima Discussion This a general area for Maxima discussions for all years. For more specific questions, visit one of the generation-specific forums.

HELP!! Car will not start

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Dec 7, 2003 | 11:52 AM
  #1  
JamesAvery's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
 
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 361
HELP!! Car will not start

My car will not start. I turn the key and it doesnt turn over. I replaced the starter a few months ago. My headlights and stereo work. It has been kind of iffy for the last week or so but now will not start at all. Last week, I had the same problem and was able to jump it. Now, jumping doesnt work at all. Im I correct in assuming it is the alternator? Thanks
Old Dec 7, 2003 | 12:10 PM
  #2  
CandiMan's Avatar
Say Candyman 5 times
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 2,134
From: West Palm Beach, FL
Originally Posted by JamesAvery
My car will not start. I turn the key and it doesnt turn over. I replaced the starter a few months ago. My headlights and stereo work. It has been kind of iffy for the last week or so but now will not start at all. Last week, I had the same problem and was able to jump it. Now, jumping doesnt work at all. Im I correct in assuming it is the alternator? Thanks
Keep this in mind, just because you replace the starter (altenator, ac compresor, p/s pump, etc) a few months ago doesn't mean it can't be bad today. When our original components go bad and we buy the replacement parts from the parts store that's just like rolling the dice. Sometimes you get lucky sometimes you don't. It's hard for us to diagnose your car over the internet becasue there's so many points that has to be check in a starting system. But it's a good possibility that your starter could be bad due the the fact that jumping your car doesn't help. But it could also be a bad ground or positive cable. Who knows.
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Lakersallday24
6th Generation Maxima (2004-2008)
10
Jun 16, 2019 01:35 AM
kjlouis
4th Generation Maxima (1995-1999)
11
Nov 24, 2018 06:09 AM
MAXSE5SPD
Other For Sale/Wanted
2
Aug 23, 2015 12:06 PM
MaximaDrvr
7th Generation Maxima (2009-2015)
16
Aug 19, 2015 08:20 PM
Balkins
5th Generation Maxima (2000-2003)
1
Aug 12, 2015 06:39 AM




All times are GMT -7. The time now is 02:33 PM.