car was not turning over at all?

2018 HONDA CIVIC

48,000 MILES • 2.0L • 4 CYL • AUTOMATIC

ZACHWYLIE18

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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.

Oct 5, 2022 at 4:34 PM

STRAILER

✓ASE Certified Mechanic
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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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Oct 6, 2022 at 9:15 AM