Hey guys, wondering if anyone else has had this specific issue, I know to search for car starting issues but this seems different than others have had...
Its very intermittent and my usually competent local dealer has yet to identify but its happening more frequently lately so I want to try to fix it for good. I drive my car almost daily and it has happened about 10x since December I would estimate. Can happen hot or cold, so not sure that is a factor but when I go to start the car, everything turns on (instruments, accessory, radio etc) but it sounds like the starter just clicks once and the engine doesn't do anything. Doesn't crank at all. After a few tries or sometimes if I wait a few hours or a day I'll try again and it'll start right up. Once the car starts there are no other symptoms or performance issues and it will start many times afterwards like normal before popping up again. Mazda checked the starting/charging system/battery last time I was in for routine service and found no issues and since it doesn't happen all the time it was never duplicated. Based on that feedback and the condition of the components below I think maybe the starter solenoid might be going bad? Does the 'click' noise confirm this?
spark plugs about a year old, 9k miles
ignition coils about 7 months old, 5k miles
battery less than 2 years old, 21k miles
starter is the 'updated' version installed with new engine core
engine core itself more than 2 years old, 33k miles
thanks for the help!
Its very intermittent and my usually competent local dealer has yet to identify but its happening more frequently lately so I want to try to fix it for good. I drive my car almost daily and it has happened about 10x since December I would estimate. Can happen hot or cold, so not sure that is a factor but when I go to start the car, everything turns on (instruments, accessory, radio etc) but it sounds like the starter just clicks once and the engine doesn't do anything. Doesn't crank at all. After a few tries or sometimes if I wait a few hours or a day I'll try again and it'll start right up. Once the car starts there are no other symptoms or performance issues and it will start many times afterwards like normal before popping up again. Mazda checked the starting/charging system/battery last time I was in for routine service and found no issues and since it doesn't happen all the time it was never duplicated. Based on that feedback and the condition of the components below I think maybe the starter solenoid might be going bad? Does the 'click' noise confirm this?
spark plugs about a year old, 9k miles
ignition coils about 7 months old, 5k miles
battery less than 2 years old, 21k miles
starter is the 'updated' version installed with new engine core
engine core itself more than 2 years old, 33k miles
thanks for the help!
Starter to blame?
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