My 1993 STS will not turn over. I turn the key and power is there, acc's are there, alternator is good, batt is good, tried starting with a boost, nothing. No sound, no clicking. Someone told me it could be my key and a resistor issue, so I changed the cylinder, the dealership told me the resistance is fine and nothing. WTF?
Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
I checked over the batt and posts, the battery is clean and the connections are tight. Still nothing. I'll keep checking other things out unless anyone has other ideas for me. Thanks Ranger.
Try putting it in neutral and starting it. If it starts right up, it's likely a bad neutral safety switch... Also check the starter relay; switch it with a known good one and try it.... Other than that it could just be a bad starter.
'93 has Passkey. Do you get messages that say STARTING DISABLED or WAIT 3 MINUTES? If so, and the dealer says your resistor chip is ok, maybe the fine wires that connect with that resistor chip are intermittent. Happens with age on some of these older Passkey units.
Thanks for the ideas!! I have left the car in my office parking lot and it hurts me to see it sit still. I will give the neutral start a shot, thanks. I did have the starter disabled issue last year, but so far no messages have come up. In this case I wish it was that easy, at least I could have figured out the problem a lot faster!! Thanks for the help!
I believe the starter relay is underneath the engine compartment fusebox. you have to remove the black plastic panel covering the fuse and relay center (two plastic pins. pry the center up with a screw driver and it should pull out). Then you have to take a small 8mm (I think) socket and unbolt the fuse block from the frame. Then the positive cable attached to the fuse block has to be removed (either a 10mm or 12mm nut). Underneath you will see 4 large relays. The one closest to the drivers side of the car is the starter relay (I think). The other 3 are fan relays..... Let me double check on my FSM just to be positive.
I believe the starter relay is underneath the engine compartment fusebox. you have to remove the black plastic panel covering the fuse and relay center (two plastic pins. pry the center up with a screw driver and it should pull out). Then you have to take a small 8mm (I think) socket and unbolt the fuse block from the frame. Then the positive cable attached to the fuse block has to be removed (either a 10mm or 12mm nut). Underneath you will see 4 large relays. The one closest to the drivers side of the car is the starter relay (I think). The other 3 are fan relays..... Let me double check on my FSM just to be positive.
Scratch all of what I said... Apparently that is not the starter enable relay. I can't seem to find where it is in my FSM though...
