Like a lot of other threads, I tried starting the car and all I got was a fast clicking from the fuze box area. Pulled another car over and connected jumper cables, waited a few, then tried again. All i got was the clicking. Not even a hint of the engine trying to turn over. I took out the battery and had it recharged and checked. It was bad--go figure. I put in a new battery, freshly charged to 100%, and tested to the right amperage, hooked up cables and tried the car. Just the same clicking.
If the problem is a relay, how do I know which relay is bad?
Could it just be the negative or positive battery cables? There was a significant amount of corrosive build up on negative post.
I saw something about the Body Control Module on a different site. Could this be the problem?

 

Why don't you get a helper and have him listen at the fuse box. It shouldn't be hard to identify whatever is clicking (a stethoscope may help). I would also clean up your battery cables and terminals.

 

The relay you hear clicking by the fuse panel is probably the ignition relay. This happens everytime you go to start the car but you don't hear it because of all the noise of the engine cranking. This relay has absolutely no part in making the engine crank over.

There is a relay involved in having the starter crank over, but it is located under the hood in front of the battery. If the car is an automatic trans, put the trans lever in neutral and try starting the car.

There are 3 main players in getting the starter to crank - the ignition switch, the inhibitor relay and the starter itself.

If I was a betting man, I would place my money on the items in this order - the starter, the ignition switch and something else other than the relay.

Here is a thread on diagnosing a no crank situation -

https://maxima.org/forums/5th-genera...rt-thread.html

 

tHANKS!

 

If you've already checked the battery and it's terminals, id go with the starter.