Surrey
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- Vancouver, Canada
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
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- Ford
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- 2.9
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- Automatic
Hello. I have a 1998 Escort wagon, which I have owned for 1 year. It has 223 000 km on it.
The other day, I stopped to get gas, and upon trying to start the car it wouldn't fire up. At first, it half-started, then stalled out. After that, it will not turn over at all. You would get one loud click when you turned the key, but that was it. While fiddling with it, I did notice the thick cable coming off the negative battery cable was getting hot after holding the key to start for a few seconds.
Checked the battery, its good. Lights, stereo, horn are all functioning like normal. Everything cuts out and the dash goes dim when you turn the key to start (which is normal...right?)
Figured must be the starter then. So I pulled it out, and hooked it up to the battery with some jumper cables. It worked fine. So just to make sure, I put the starter back in the car, and again nothing. I got one loud click the first time, and now its not even doing that.
Im pretty stumped. Any suggestions on what might be causing my no-start? Any insight is greatly appreciated!
The other day, I stopped to get gas, and upon trying to start the car it wouldn't fire up. At first, it half-started, then stalled out. After that, it will not turn over at all. You would get one loud click when you turned the key, but that was it. While fiddling with it, I did notice the thick cable coming off the negative battery cable was getting hot after holding the key to start for a few seconds.
Checked the battery, its good. Lights, stereo, horn are all functioning like normal. Everything cuts out and the dash goes dim when you turn the key to start (which is normal...right?)
Figured must be the starter then. So I pulled it out, and hooked it up to the battery with some jumper cables. It worked fine. So just to make sure, I put the starter back in the car, and again nothing. I got one loud click the first time, and now its not even doing that.
Im pretty stumped. Any suggestions on what might be causing my no-start? Any insight is greatly appreciated!