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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / July 2007

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My car doesnt like to start

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kimgreen - 05 Jul 2007 20:56 GMT
I have a 2003 Ford Windstar... It has problems starting. Now before anyone
says its the battery. I have replaced the battery, I have had the
alternator, the starter and the cylnoid checked. They are all perfectly
FINE... It will run for about a month perfectly fine, and then all of a
sudden one morning it just wont start, I then jump it and it usually runs
fine for a month again. Well just recently it started doing this again,
and the jumping it isnt working, I jumped it this morning, drove to work
and it ran fine. I parked it and went to go to lunch later in the day and
it wouldnt start once again. So i then jumped it again, it started, ran
fine. I then went to leave work and once again it wouldnt start.. Does
anyone have any suggestions.. I am ready to go crazy!!!
Jeff DeWitt - 06 Jul 2007 05:19 GMT
Make sure your battery cables are clean and tight on both ends,

Jeff DeWitt

> I have a 2003 Ford Windstar... It has problems starting. Now before anyone
> says its the battery. I have replaced the battery, I have had the
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> fine. I then went to leave work and once again it wouldnt start.. Does
> anyone have any suggestions.. I am ready to go crazy!!!
benteaches@gmail.com - 09 Jul 2007 21:25 GMT
On Jul 5, 12:56 pm, "kimgreen" <kimberly.gr...@itsecuritylive.com>
wrote:
> I have a 2003 Ford Windstar... It has problems starting. Now before anyone
> says its the battery. I have replaced the battery, I have had the
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> fine. I then went to leave work and once again it wouldnt start.. Does
> anyone have any suggestions.. I am ready to go crazy!!!

Sounds like it only misbehaves when it's been sitting a while?
Make sure there are no drains on the battery, like an interior light
left on or stereo left on.
Or try disconnecting the battery when parked.
HTH,
Ben
NickySantoro - 10 Jul 2007 21:35 GMT
> It has problems starting.

Can you be more descriptive? Does it not crank? Does it crank but not
fire up?
 
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