This morning, i went to my acura legend and tried to start the car. It would not jump. I dont know if its my battery or something in my electrical system. I drive the car almost everyday. The problem is when i try to start the car, something in my engine clicks really fast... click, click click... I dont hear the engine trying to turn over, just clicks. The lights in my door dim a little, so i was thinking it was the battery. My friend came over to help me jump the car, but it just made the clicking sound even louder. I know this is not a maxima question, but i need help since i am far from home and cant tow the car back and i am sorta stranded in westwood. Does anyone have a guess of what it could be? I'm hoping its a bad battery, but if not any other ideas?

Anyone in the local area know anything about the elecrical system want to lend a hand? thanks!

 

sounds like the starter. Find a wrench and knock the starter a couple of times and try it again

 

how do i tell which one is the starter? lol... i know very little about cars...

 

Call AAA and have it towed to your mechanic then. I hope you have AAA.

 

i dont have AAA which is gonna be a problem. Whereabouts in my engine is the starter? I will be give the starter a couple of bumps. This starting thing happend to my last week too, but i was able to fix it by shaking the car a bit, lol.

 

You get those BBK brackets on? Check/clean the terminals on the battery. Tap the starter lightly with a hammer. Also check the fuses/relays

 

the brackets should be goin on next week. I'm waiting for my rotors to come in. The BBk has been laggin big time... busy at work..

 

I will post pictures in a month of how it all looks... i've done a lot of changes since my last set of pictures...

 

hey that sound you are hearing sound exactly like my dads ls430 when the battery was dead. Trying placing a multy meter on the battery. if it is dead and will not jump take the battery out of you maxima and put it in the acura. if it does not start then try the starter thing. sometimes batteries go bad internally and short themselves out which means that jumping the car will not work with that battery because it is shorting out the system. this happened in my friends chevelle. we put a new battery in and voila.

 

thanks luquire... will try that first!

 

My friend's 01 Pathfinder gave the clicks... jump started the puppy and everything was good!

clicks = battery

If the starter's bad, it just won't go, right?

Jae

 

fixed the prblem, lol the battery terminals had so much corrosion/stuff on it the negative terminal wasnt gettin a proper ground... thanks for the help