For the past month or so I’ve been having random trouble starting my 2011 Mazda6. I will get in to start the car, turn the key and the dashboard lights come on but there is no cranking. Sometimes a couple key turns later it will start immediately, but other times I’ve had to try at least 20 times. This happens about twice a week.
Since the vehicle has 151k on it, I replaced the starter with a Carquest reman. However this morning the car had the same issue.
The vehicle has a manual transmission. Could it be a switch verifying the clutch is depressed?
The battery is one year old. I cleaned the terminals with coke and baking soda but that has not helped. Should I look for bad ground? Could the battery be bad?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Since the vehicle has 151k on it, I replaced the starter with a Carquest reman. However this morning the car had the same issue.
The vehicle has a manual transmission. Could it be a switch verifying the clutch is depressed?
The battery is one year old. I cleaned the terminals with coke and baking soda but that has not helped. Should I look for bad ground? Could the battery be bad?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.
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