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2000 Chevy Monte Carlo car not starting

Tiny
TREALO
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  • 2000 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO
  • 6 CYL
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 115,000 MILES
Sometimes my car doesnt start it doesnt make a nose or anything it just doesnt start but the lights/radio, etc. Comes on is this a starter or alternator problem? Or would this have something 2 do with a coolant leak or engine problem?
Friday, April 24th, 2009 AT 2:19 PM

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Tiny
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This is an electrical problem. When you try to start it, does a security light flash? If not, I need you to test something. When this happens, have a helper turn the key to the start position while you check for power to the smaller wire on the starter. You should have 12 volts. If you do, chances are the starter is bad.
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 AT 3:06 PM
Tiny
WASP1061
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This also happens to me quite often.
A friend showed me that when the car wont start it has something to do with the neutral cut off switch. We rocked the car forward slightly and heard a little click, it then started right up. Since then, the next time it happened my daughter and I rocked the car and it started.
It may be an electrical problem that I haven't had checked yet, but the above rocking seems to work. My security light comes on randomly, sometime after hitting a bump in the street.
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Sunday, May 24th, 2009 AT 1:23 PM

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