Originally Posted by kenchan

on the AT's, do you step on the brake pedal when you start your engine? if so, do they have a brake sensor or switch to detect brake press position? ie, does the brake pedal need to be pressed to a certain pressure to prevent car rolling?my MT sounds like that when i let go of the clutch a tad too soon before the car turns over.

does the starter motor have an overload protector? if so, is that a self-resetting breaker? perhaps your starter motor is faulty and pulling too many amps. those would be two areas i would check.