Car does not make any attempt to start or crank

We need to start with checking voltage when this happens at the starter. I assume you will not have voltage on the control wire so we need to then check the relay. It could be the relay itself or the PCM not grounding the relay so lets swap it with another and see if it starts. If not, then we need to check each terminals at the relay when cranking it.

What do you need to do to get this to start? Do you crank it again or do you have to wait?

Let us know what voltage is at the starter when cranking and we can go from there. Thanks

Thanks for the reply. It started again and hasn't failed yet to try to grab the voltage off the starter. Here is some more information though: I could feel both the crank and ignition relays clicking when the key was in the start position. As such, my current thought is that the starter isn't working. The battery appears to be healthy. I guess we will know for sure when it fails again and I can grab the voltage off it.

Sounds good. I would double check the battery based on that info. If you have not actually had it load tested I would suggest doing that as a failing battery would cause something like this.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-battery-load-test

Okay, the car is not starting again. I had the battery load tested and it had plenty of voltage and cold cranking amps (~800). I tested the voltage at the starter source (red/orange wire) and it was ~12.1V. I tested the signal, purple wire and it had no voltage when the key was in the start position. I attempted to circumvent any wiring issues by bypassing the crank relay with a wire. I still did not get any voltage at the purple wire on the starter solenoid. Finally, I tried to just put 12V on the signal of the starter solenoid and nothing happened besides some sparks.

Any ideas? Thanks for the help so far!

Okay. We need to test for a short to ground. Unhook the purple wire at both ends and connect your meter or test light to the positive batter terminal. Then put the other on one end of the wire and see if the meter says 12 volts or the light on the test light comes on. Clearly it should not as there should be no path to ground so it should be an open circuit.

If you jumped the relay and had no power at the starter on the purple wire then we have to suspect a wiring issue. Just to double check let's confirm how you jumped the relay. What terminals did you jump and did you make sure you had voltage on that terminal before you used it to jump the terminal?

For anyone who is researching the same issue, it turned out to be the starter. I must not have had a good contact on the starter (probably too rusty) when I tested the signal voltage at the starter. Thanks for the help KaseKenny1!!

Thanks for the update. I am sure that will help many people in the future. Thanks for using 2CarPros. Talk to you next time.