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When i attempt to start,i hear a click but it won't turn over.i changed the starter and its doing the same thing.
Hello,
Rarely do I see a relay go bad, but you can refer to the owners manual for the location of the starter relay and once you find it, you will find other relays if so equipped with a starter relay and temporarily swap them out to see if the car will start.
The starting system on this car is very simple and there is not much to it. There is a very good chance you have a bad connection from the battery to the starter. And there is the possibility that the starter you installed is no good. You did not state if it was new, rebuilt or a junk yard starter you put in.
Make sure you are not in harms way with the engine in case it starts on you.
You need to have one person turn the ignition to start while you have a test light or meter on the solenoid wire at the starter. If you have 12 volts on the start position of the ignition, your starter is no good.
If there is no power, you need to be checking all connections, including your battery connections and that separate red power wire that leads from the battery. You need to make sure the battery has 12 volts.
This could also be an electrical ignition switch connection issue (not the ignition lock/key switch), but I rarely see ignition switches burn up, however I did change a bad one last summer.
I can guaranty this is not an anti-theft issue. The clicking relay that you are hearing may be for your accessories. I would be willing to bet, the problem you have is under the hood. Check the voltage going to the starter on the solenoid wire first and that will at least tell you if the starter is good or bad.
Good luck!
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Rob Painter
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Alarm system questions cannot be answered on this forum. These systems are not what I can answer. Without being physically at the vehicle and not knowing what kind of electrical service has been done on the vehicle, there is no possible way to give an accurate answer over the internet. My expertise is in Ignition/key based anti-theft systems. These issues include GM VATS (resistor chip in key blade) PASSLOCK (MRD)-ignition lock rotation based, no special ignition key and the PKIII Transponder (computer chip in key) systems. These systems are not alarm based and are integral with the starting of the engine. This is why I cannot diagnose alarm problems without physically looking at the vehicle: Alarm systems are a completely different annimal than ignition key/lock based anti-theft system. Many alarm questions come from vehicles 10 years old, and since older, many hands that had been involved over the years.I am an expert in all GM factory (ignition/key based)systems. Alarm system questions pose to many situations beyond my knowledge as to what has been done to the vehicle over the years. Some guy may have actually wired the stereo into the alarm system. Who knows? Over my past 30 years in vehicle wiring repair, I have seen unbelievable wiring disaters done by guys that consider themselves "mechanics." I have seen stereos and alarms intalled using surgical tape. I have seen modules burn up, un-fused circuits, wiring jambed between the doors and even lamp cord used for a starter kill. To answer alarm questions over the internet without examining the vehicle is like asking; What does it take to remove a dent?
Experience
Education/Credentials-ASE certified. 11 years with a GM dealer and 17 years with a repair facility dealing with only the repair of theft recovered vehicles.
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