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A mystery?

Tiny
RJOHNSN
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  • 2006 HYUNDAI TIBURON
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  • FWD
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My car has had trouble starting since I bought it as a salvage title. Sometimes it would start right up then other times it would take no joke 2-100 keyturns to start. I would hear a click under the hood from fuse box and when I start hearing clicks from passenger side below kick panel as well as clicking under fusebox inside drivers side kick panel. I tested one of the hot wires going to the ignition switch and negative to ground and was 11.7 v then when key was turned would drop to 10.8v. Then I spiked both red wires going to ignition switch and when I turned the key voltage dropped again. From 11.7 to 10.5. What is going on? Is it a bad switch?
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Friday, May 6th, 2011 AT 8:30 PM

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Tiny
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Start by having the battery checked out and the ignition switch
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Friday, May 6th, 2011 AT 8:44 PM
Tiny
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Do you hear starter clicking? Maybe starter relay is bad?
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Friday, May 6th, 2011 AT 8:55 PM
Tiny
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Also sounds like possible bad connections.
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Friday, May 6th, 2011 AT 9:00 PM
Tiny
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Battery is reading 12.6 v is the correct way to drop test the ignition switch to place one lead on one red wire and another lead of the multimeter on the other red wire, while turning over the key?
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Friday, May 6th, 2011 AT 9:37 PM

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