I have an '02 Taurus. For the last year or so it has intermittently produced a metal on metal grinding noise while failing to start up. I’m told this is due to teeth being missing on the flywheel between the starter and the transmission. It’s taken as many as six tries to get the car going. But the …

Starter/flywheel grinding

drmar35mm October 19, 2011, 9:11pm 4

Thanks for the answer, CSA. But what are the odds that a starter newly installed 2 months ago would be bad? Would the flywheel have degraded it that quickly?