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Vaughanabe13 · 07-28-2011, 09:16 AM

Well I have an update on my situation. Yesterday in the middle of the day I drove to an appointment and 20 minutes later I came out and tried starting the Maxima. It cranked for a few seconds and then kind of died, and after that it made no noise when trying to start. Battery checked good, although there was a good amount of corrosion on the cables, so I cleaned that up first.

I took out the starter and tried cranking and the thing didn't budge, it seems to be completely dead. I also hooked the starter up to another car/battery with jumper cables and it wouldn't start moving so I'm going to order a new one and see if this fixes the problem. My gut tells me the dead starter is just a symptom of my rough starting for the past month and there might be something else wrong, but I don't know yet.

07-28-2011, 09:16 AM	#54 (permalink)
Vaughanabe13 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 387 Drives: 09 Nissan 370Z M6 Rep Power: 14	Well I have an update on my situation. Yesterday in the middle of the day I drove to an appointment and 20 minutes later I came out and tried starting the Maxima. It cranked for a few seconds and then kind of died, and after that it made no noise when trying to start. Battery checked good, although there was a good amount of corrosion on the cables, so I cleaned that up first. I took out the starter and tried cranking and the thing didn't budge, it seems to be completely dead. I also hooked the starter up to another car/battery with jumper cables and it wouldn't start moving so I'm going to order a new one and see if this fixes the problem. My gut tells me the dead starter is just a symptom of my rough starting for the past month and there might be something else wrong, but I don't know yet. Last edited by Vaughanabe13; 07-28-2011 at 09:21 AM.