Car won't start, power works and makes a single click noise?
I have a 93 ford Taurus.
When I try to start my car, it was just making a single click noise and then would eventually start after I tried a couple more times.
The other day it wouldn't start, still made the single click noise, I tried a couple more times and now it doesn't make the noise at all.
The power works, my headlights don't dim or anything like that. I've had my car jumped and that still didn't work so I'm curious as to what it could be?
A bad battery or bad battery cables. They could be loose or corroded. Since you say it did start i'd lean towards your problem being the cables. Check them and make sure they're clean and tight at both ends of both cables. It could also be a problem with the starter too but start with checking the simple things.
As starters get older, they require more and more amps to get them to turn. Eventually, it becomes too much and won't start even when jumped. A new starter may require 100 amps. A worthless starter may require 200 amps or more and just keeps getting worse. I'm not sure about the numbers at all. When you change the starter, you can also change the cable from the battery to the starter for $10. Yours may be green and very corroded. A bad connection could be the problem. I would change the starter and check the cable for ageing. I'm not sure if Fords have a starter relay on the firewall. It could be that also. Other manufacturers have it on the starter. The battery cable goes to either the starter relay on the firewall and then to the starter, or it goes to the starter/ solenoid (which is another word for starter relay) down near the bottom of the engine. Just follow the positive battery cable. Buying a new starter also includes the solenoid in most cars these days. On Fords, sometimes there's no solenoid on the starter. It's on the firewall; it's called a starter relay.
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