Car was not turning over at all?

Tiny
ZACHWYLIE18
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  • 2018 HONDA CIVIC
  • 2.0L
  • 4 CYL
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 48,000 MILES
Car started up fine, so I drove to the store. Then I was going to head home so I put my key in and turned but the car wasn’t turning over at all. So, I took the key out and tried again and still wasn’t turning over after 2 seconds of holding the key and no sound, it suddenly started up. What do you think would be the cause of this? Mechanic said my battery is fine, so I don’t think it’s that.
Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 AT 4:34 PM

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Tiny
KEN L
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This sounds like the magnetic switch inside the starter motor is going bad. here is the starter wiring diagrams so you can see how the starter system works and I have included a generic starter replacement guide to show you the steps of the replacement and the instructions to do the job on your car is in the diagrams below.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-a-starter-motor

This guide can help as well:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/starter-not-working-repair

Check out the images (below). Let us know what happens and please upload pictures or videos of the problem. This shows testing of the starter as well.
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Thursday, October 6th, 2022 AT 9:15 AM

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