I went to leave a friends house and got in my car dome light bright as the sun and turned the key half way all the dash lights and head lights came on strong and i turned the key the rest of the way and noting, no noise, the headlights just turned off, so i did that a few times with no results. So i got my friend to show him and ban it started, so i turned it off to see what would happen and it woldnt start again for a few min. WTF?!?!?!?! Should i go to the dealer tomarrow or what, HELP!

 

you could have a bad starter a bad battery or possibly a bad connection with the battery(loose wire)

 

All the lights same on just fine. Bright as the sun, No blinking or any thing.

 

then possibly the starter.

 

Its weard b/c WHEN it does start it starts right up like normal.

 

I wouldnt know what it is. Sorry.

 

hmm that is actually quite weird, have u checked all the electrical connections to your starter? and from the ignition? you may just have a loose wire or faulty connection somewhere.

 

no click.............bad starter!!!!!

 

is there a theft light on, on your dash? also, if you have a second key, try using that key for a day or so and see if it does it again. it could be the key, or the cylinder, or like stated previously, just a loose connection at the starter.

 

Yeah,,, check the battery and then go back to my previous post.

 

I will check the batt but it really seems like some thing else b/c all the lights come on fine. If there was a badd connection to the bat then all power to everything would be messed up. I will also check the starter connections too. Just soo weard.

 

ive had it where i start the car and it starts...then shuts off the next second, then it will start up right away the next time

 

I re-checked your post and feel that it's the starter for sure. Check it out at the dealer.......................hows it doing now btw.....still starting and not starting?

 

im gonna go check it now that its been sitting for about 45 min. I will post what happens in a min......

 

Damn, started right up. The engine light came on and stayed on the times it didnt start. Doest that mean any thing becides OBVIOUSLY some thing is screwy. The batt connection is good.

 

Well this is why theres dealers and a warranty.

If you hear no clicking then its starter. Doubt its battery since electronics are working.

Engine light means a DTC was set, take it to the dealer and they can tell you why and what happened, all DTC's are stored in the system until deleted.

 

They might give him **** for his intake. Reset PCM with Battery disconnect for 15 minutes and restart. Let idle for 5 minutes, shut off for remainder of night and test out tomorrow morning.

That is all.

 

The engine light came on last weekend but only for an hour and i was sitting in traffic so my car was WARMER than usual so i thought thats why it was on but there was no starting problems then. I will have to go to the dealer tomarow after work, i hope that it doest give me crap during work, driving is my main job (law firm *******). Thanks for the info/input guys and gals. Much apreciated. Gotta love the warrantys!!!!!

 

The starter can slowly wind itself down to doing you in. Sounds like the battery is good and the connections are good................but........sometimes you don't even get a click. Starter problems...........go to your dealer and get a new one or check for connections before the starter. In any case it's a problem for the dealer to look at and soon before you find yourself paiging a tow truck.

 

Yea ive only had to use a towtruck once in my life and it inculded me crossing a verry busey street in my 66' Mustang w/ no brakes in the rain. That was a harry situation. So no thanks to the towtruck. Lithia Chevorlet here i come (tomarow).

 

its most likly a dead spot in your starter..... its shorting out through the armature and poping a fusable link (not fuse) when you wait it will close and you can try starting again.... the short must be very small so eventually the armature in the started moves off of that spot and then you can start it.... not 100% sure but that sounds like it

 

do you have automatic locks ? Reason i asked it happend to me one day i guess something with the triple pass key system went and got my spare key started right up.

 

No power locks or windows. After work im going to the dealer so we will see. I will report tonight.

 

I had the same thing happen to my car but it wouldent start at all and the anti theft light kept coming on. I had to have it towed to the dealership and they found out that something shorted out in the EMS. they replaced it all and I havent had a problem since

 

If its a manual could be a faulty clutch switch.