2001 Toyota Camry Hard time turniing over

2001 TOYOTA CAMRY
315,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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TLMARCOUX
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When I turn the key all I hear is a click, there is electrical because the clock and my dash lights all come on as well as the ding ding noise.

Sometimes it starts on the first try but most of the times it takes about 10 turnovers to start. On Tuesday I started I drove for 5 minutes, turned it off to go in the store 5 minutes later it took 106 turnovers to start.

Could it be the Starter Cylinode Cylinder?? (excuse the spelling)

Thanks for your input,

Toni-Lynn
Aug 7, 2009 at 4:31 AM
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STEVEW84
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you most likely have bad contacts inside your starter that need to be replaced. What I would do is next time that you have this problem, just make sure you have power going to the starter. If you do then you either 1)need to replace the contacts in the starter 2) just replace the entire starter. HTH.
Aug 7, 2009 at 6:58 AM
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