My car won't start.........?

Question

I went to start it this morning, and everything but the engine would turn on (radio, a/c, lights, etc). It seemed to click when I turned the key. We tried jumping it, first with another car, then with a SUV and NOTHING! Can anyone tell me if this is my battery or something bigger?

Answer 1

What kind of car is it? in some newer cars you need to reboot the system try and disconnect the battery on both terminals and reconnect after about 2 minutes then you can jump it again. hope this helps

Answer 2

take the battery terminals off battery posts clean them, reinstall chances are corrosion between terminals and posts are causing poor connection allowing enough power to run accessories but not enough to start the car.

use wirebrush or steelwool something like that to clean terminals. don't pour coke, baking powder/water, or any such on your battery. at worst water and a toothbrush.  

Answer 3

hceck battery , ecu ecm,pcm fuse, if all is good check starter

Answer 4

it,s probably either the battery is almost dead or the starter solenoid is stuck. take a hammer and hit the starter lightly, they stick sometimes.

Answer 5

It could very well be a bad batter, or an alternator,  or it could be your starter. Or it could be a fuse. I had one car not start and it was the battery. And in another car it wouldn't start and the alternator was dead 2 months later a fuse went out and it wouldn't start. And in my moms car the starter went out. I replaced all of these things, and all 3 cars are running fine now. They all did the same thing too. I would try using a battery from a car you know is working first, and if that doesn't cure the ill, take the starter off and the alternator and take them to advance auto or somewhere similar and have them test them, if those 2 things are fine, its a fuse. Which in my case I had to take the whole dash out to fix.

Answer 6

If it clicked, it is likely a starter issue. The solenoid on the starter that engages when you turn the key clicks and if it did not turn the engine over than the starter is likely bad.

If it is a standard car you can probably "pop" start it but if it has a automatic transmission, you cant pop start it.

I'd have someone look at the starter and go from there.

Hope that helps.