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2005 Ford Taurus Repair Question


Topics covered: Battery, Starter, Air conditioner.
Mileage: 12,700 miles.

Asked on September 13, 2012

What could be causing my car not to start when the battery isnt dead?

First thing in the morning my car starts fine but if I go somewhere and run into a store or appt when I come back out my car won't start right away. It first started doing this sporadically but seems to becoming a regular problem. The battery isn't dead, lights, radio and air conditioner will come on and I can even roll my windows down or up but my car just clicks and won't turn over. And this doesn't even happen everytime, sometimes it cranks fine. But on the occassion that it won't start I just have to be patient and wait and try to crank it every 5 mins or so and eventually it will start. ILve poured coke on the battery pegs just to make sure their wasn't a connection problem but that didn't help. I just really don't want to spend a fortune to take it somewhere if it could be something easy to fix.
Avatar Asked by apeek26

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Replied on September 13, 2012

starter motor sounds like it is failing. make sure the battery connections are tight and clean

Roy

Tiny Answered by ASEMaster6371 (expert)
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Replied on September 13, 2012

The connections are both tight and I tried pouring coke on the battery to "eat" off any of the build up and didn't help any.

Tiny Response from apeek26
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Replied on September 13, 2012

ok, then you may have the starter issue remaining

Roy

Tiny Answered by ASEMaster6371 (expert)
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