How to fix My Car Won’t Start problem? Complete Troubleshooting Tips
Complete Troubleshooting Tips
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Have you ever experienced the situation? When you are in hurry and running late for work or going somewhere important, you sat on your car and turned your car key but the Car Won’t Start. In such situation one should turn the key again and again but nothing happens.
This is more frustrating, if it’s not works when you are already tried many times. Almost every car owner or who is driving a car on regular basis must have experienced this. Because if you are not a mechanic or don’t know how to access the tools for repairing car you shouldn’t be carrying a Mechanic’s Tool kit.
Well! In such cases, this situation goes more worse and you feel completely helpless. But my friend that time is not for give up or not trying again because there is a solution for every problem. Of course, there are many ways that you can try some other ways also.
You can call any nearby automobile mechanic; you can ask for help from a friend of yours who can solve such kind of glitches or you can call the towing service who can deliver your car to the local car repairing shop. But there are few situations where you can solve such issues by simply doing some troubleshooting steps by own.
If there is not much causality or more damaged, engine is not starting, starter is clickable and more. In such cases you have to inspect the car first to examine the cause. We are listing some steps below which you can perform by yourself. Read the guide thoroughly to reach to a solution.
Some causes that you can check by yourself and perform troubleshooting steps: -
1- If there is no change when you turn the key in ignition
Place your one foot on the clutch and another on the brake, now try to start the engine by moving the lever to the neutral position. If that doesn’t work, move it back to previous position and try it again.
2- Starter is working and clickable
Turn on the light and watch it for a while, is it stable of turning low- this is the sign of the battery of the car is low. If it is not turning low then the starter is fine. Try to smack the battery terminal with car jack.
3- The engine won’t fire up but cranks
Try to swap the relays, because a vacuum leak can be result in air fuel mixture in temperature. Press the pedal of the accelerator a hold it still until the engine cranks and you smell gas.
4- Check for the gear, is it neutral?
There are chances that the gear might be stuck at neutral position and you are starting the car without shifting gears of the car.
5- The tank of car is out of fuel
If the car won’t start, it might due to the car is out of fuel and running out of fuel. So, check for the indicator of fuel of the car.
6- Check the batteries of car
Sometimes, we forgot to turn of the light or AC of the car, it can cause to low the battery or sometime the battery completely turned dead. Therefore, a discharged of the battery can be reason for the car is not starting.
7- Lights are not turning on of the instrumental panel
When you turn on the ignition but no lights don’t turn on at the instrument panel means there the power of the battery is low. It could be due to a dead battery or often a bad ignition switch of the panel.
There are some possible reasons for “Car Won’t Start”, issue: -
1- A damaged alternator
2- A dead or discharged battery
3- A parasitic drain or slow drain
4- Battery’s terminal corrosion
5- A Motor starter not cranks
6- A damaged engine
7- Car’s tank has insufficient fuel of out of fuel
8- The ignition switch stuck somewhere
9- Battery cables are loose
Conclusion:
These are the common reason that can cause the Car Won’t Start issue, that can be inspect by yourself as well without having any provisional degree for the same. Just have to check for the cause behind it, if it doesn’t work, not to worry ask for the expert mechanics who can reach you soon and who are nearby. Hope! The article helps you to understand the problem better, if you have any suggestion of comments to mention feel to free to get in touch.
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