Starter not working

OK the starter spins, does it crank the motor? If yes and it's slow, try jumper cables with another car, if it starts, check the starter it may be drawing too many amps, or your battery cables need to be replaced. Old cables cause voltage drops, so less power reaches the starter.
Start by checking the negative battery cable, check connections by removing them at both ends, clean the contact area as well as the cable ends, I use emery cloth to to this, make it nice and brite!

Pull the plugs to see if it turns by hand, MUCH harder with plugs in. Oil level and condition? Any metal flakes?

If you have a choco milk appearance, then anti freeze has defiantly got into the oil, ether by a bad gasket, or by a cracked or warped head or cracked water jacket, it's toast.

If you can jump the solenoid to starter chances are the small wire that send input to the starter is not sending power. The easiest checked would be to check the fuse and swap the relay. You can locate the fuse and relay panel in the owners manual. Find the starter fuse pull it out and make sure its not blown. If fuse is ok swap the relay with another relay such as the a/c relay. These are some quick checks. It maybe more than something simple. Such as a module or a broken wire.

I take it that it has "flatlined"

did this happen as you were driving?

Codes say mis-fire

and engine will not crank over

do you have power to anything?

Can you test voltage at battery posts with a voltmeter?

Is your battery dead? Or really low on volts?

May be a problem with the charging system/ battery

sometimes if your gauges sorta go haywire--engine starts mis-firing

most likely---battery dying/ then dead

alternator/ battery failure/ something in the system failure (it was the alternator, in the case I dealt with)

un-jewg the battery completely from your rig (remove both cables for all ya'll yankee types!)

computer will reset

charge old battery/ replace old battery, which ever works best. Before re-installed

jump starting may make you "go", but the problems persist

. The computer ain't been reset, till you un-jewg and re-install "fresh" battery (some 'round here say, "bat-stree"!)

once underway---check system for, "not charging" (for whatever of many reasons!). We can offer ideas

or maybe it's just a "run down good battery" (lights left on, etc) or just a plain ole bad battery. Even brand new stuff can be bad, double checking, may save your sanity (i tore my jeep apart for days, before I realized my new replacement ignition module was bad too. Was moments from crying!)

if you are unable to do testing, many popular auto parts stores will do this load testing, charging system testing for you for free!---On vehicle or off

just get it there fast as you can with the fully charged battery, before the process repeats itself!

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the medic

Now that you replaced the battery and alternator what is it doing-refusing to start or what?

If the starter is engaging the engine and its not turning the engine over-the starter overrunning clutch is slipping-double check the battery connections to include the starter side and make sure the battery has an open voltage of 12.5 volts and higher-How's the battery cables conditions? Could be a voltage drop problem.

Glad you could get it fixed, that kind of problem can be tough. Please use 2CarPros anytime we are here to help.