Whirring sound from starter?

JENNELL TAYLOR

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1997 TOYOTA CAMRY
2.2L
4 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
210,000 MILES

We were a couple blocks from our house heading to the store and all of a sudden the car shut off. When we tried to start it again it just made a whirring sound from what we think is the starter.

Friday, November 13th, 2020 AT 5:18 PM

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KASEKENNY

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Can you get a recording of this noise? The reason is, it could be the starter not engaging but that would not explain why the vehicle just shut off. Hearing the noise will really help figure out what the possible causes could be.

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

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Friday, November 13th, 2020 AT 5:33 PM

JENNELL TAYLOR

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I hope this helps.

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Saturday, November 14th, 2020 AT 1:05 PM

KASEKENNY

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Okay. That is great.

That noise at the end of it cranking that would sound like the whirring sound is normal.

However, it sounds like you just have a no start issue. Is the vehicle starting and you were just concerned about the noise from the starter or are you have a crank no start issue?

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-cranks-but-wont-start

If you are having a no start issue and this guide doesn't help then we would need to get a new post started for a no start as we need to keep each post to one topic so that others will find the solution if they have the same thing.

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Sunday, November 15th, 2020 AT 10:19 AM