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Car not starting

Tiny
LPSTANLEY
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  • 2004 MERCURY SABLE
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 98,800 MILES
How do you know whether it's your starter going bad or your battery. The car every so often will not start. It has been in the shop twice in the last few months and they have done a tune-up and replaced the fuel pump but at least once a month it won't start. Someone has told me it's probably my starter and someone else has said it might be the battery.
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Monday, November 15th, 2010 AT 5:30 PM

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Tiny
JDL
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Are you saying it cranks good but won't start or it won't even crank? You have to do testing when problem occurs. If it won't even crank, test the starter circuit.
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Monday, November 15th, 2010 AT 5:52 PM
Tiny
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Yeah it won't even crank. Thought about taking it somewhere today for them to test the starter and the battery but once again I can't get it started. Thanks for your help.
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Monday, November 15th, 2010 AT 6:22 PM

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