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I've placed this in Discussion/Chat as well for fear of it not been seen here.
I'm stumped ............. this just started Sunday morn.
Barb drove to town, stopped at Tim's for coffee, came out, car won't turn over, no clicking, nothing.
I drove to town, cleaned the battery terminals and it started right up.
Fast track forward ... Sunday evening.
Barb drove to church, after church, car wouldn't turn over, no clicking at solenoid, nothing.
I drove down.
Normal lights on dash when key turned on, nothing dims when key turned to start position, lots of headlight brightness, so not the battery, even tried jumping it, nothing.
Left car at church overnight, too dark to see anything.
Next morning drove over, car started right up, drove home, shut it off, later would not start, again no clicking, nothing.
Took battery cables off the car, cleaned up all the contact surfaces, ground surfaces, etc. no loose or broken wires at solenoid.
Perhaps a bad solenoid, would a solenoid act like this, how does one test that ?
Checked the starter relay and fuses, swapped the relay with another one of same size, still nothing.
Gave up.
This morning car started again, shut it off, tried again, nothing.
Tried starting in Neutral, nothing, so not the park / neutral switch.
Perhaps the Security System or other Electronic Module ( e.g. ECM or BCM ) is causing this, any thoughts ?
I haven't tried wiggling the key in the ignition, perhaps I should try this, but I think the ignition is firm.
I've perused the internet for an answer and found this to be a common issue with late 90's early '00 Taurus'.
No one has given a firm cause, just the usual, have you tried this or that ( the obvious solutions ), which I have.
Has anyone else experience this problem with their Taurus' ?
If so, what was the outcome. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I'm stumped ............. this just started Sunday morn.
Barb drove to town, stopped at Tim's for coffee, came out, car won't turn over, no clicking, nothing.
I drove to town, cleaned the battery terminals and it started right up.
Fast track forward ... Sunday evening.
Barb drove to church, after church, car wouldn't turn over, no clicking at solenoid, nothing.
I drove down.
Normal lights on dash when key turned on, nothing dims when key turned to start position, lots of headlight brightness, so not the battery, even tried jumping it, nothing.
Left car at church overnight, too dark to see anything.
Next morning drove over, car started right up, drove home, shut it off, later would not start, again no clicking, nothing.
Took battery cables off the car, cleaned up all the contact surfaces, ground surfaces, etc. no loose or broken wires at solenoid.
Perhaps a bad solenoid, would a solenoid act like this, how does one test that ?
Checked the starter relay and fuses, swapped the relay with another one of same size, still nothing.
Gave up.
This morning car started again, shut it off, tried again, nothing.
Tried starting in Neutral, nothing, so not the park / neutral switch.
Perhaps the Security System or other Electronic Module ( e.g. ECM or BCM ) is causing this, any thoughts ?
I haven't tried wiggling the key in the ignition, perhaps I should try this, but I think the ignition is firm.
I've perused the internet for an answer and found this to be a common issue with late 90's early '00 Taurus'.
No one has given a firm cause, just the usual, have you tried this or that ( the obvious solutions ), which I have.
Has anyone else experience this problem with their Taurus' ?
If so, what was the outcome. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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