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If you are going to repair it you might as well change it !!…if you knew how to use a DVOM you can verify it’s 100% an ignition switch…”test don’t guess”…a tow company can get your car out of the garage.
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is it hard to learn how to use a DVOM? I'd like to think I'm reasonably intelligent.
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So again I ask if you can hear the TDR click on when you turn the key to start the car? There is fuse 52 it's a 60 amp fuse that supplies power to the TDR, if you jumper the red and violet wires at the TDR socket the starter should energize, extreme caution when doing this, make absolutely certain the car is in neutral because this bypasses the requirement for the clutch having to be depressed. This simple test will determine if the starter or solenoid are the cause of the no crank or the cable connections at the starter solenoid are corroded and or loose at the starter solenoid.
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So again I ask if you can hear the TDR click on when you turn the key to start the car? There is fuse 52 it's a 60 amp fuse that supplies power to the TDR, if you jumper the red and violet wires at the TDR socket the starter should energize, extreme caution when doing this, make absolutely certain the car is in neutral because this bypasses the requirement for the clutch having to be depressed. This simple test will determine if the starter or solenoid are the cause of the no crank or the cable connections at the starter solenoid are corroded and or loose at the starter solenoid.
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I got 14 years (2008 - 2022) out of my Optima Red Top, driving my C5 approx 125,000 kms during that period. I only replaced it due to everyone else telling me I was crazy not to replace. It became a running theme at every cruise night. I replaced in 2022 with another Red Top.
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So again I ask if you can hear the TDR click on when you turn the key to start the car? There is fuse 52 it's a 60 amp fuse that supplies power to the TDR, if you jumper the red and violet wires at the TDR socket the starter should energize, extreme caution when doing this, make absolutely certain the car is in neutral because this bypasses the requirement for the clutch having to be depressed. This simple test will determine if the starter or solenoid are the cause of the no crank or the cable connections at the starter solenoid are corroded and or loose at the starter solenoid.
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To the OP, it's not surprising that this would happen, heat is the enemy to starters and starter solenoids. The nine hour road trip didn't help matters, especially if the starter/solenoid was orginal equipment .
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This is what I was thinking as well. Guess it was probably on its way out either way, assuming it’s the starter/solenoid.