# 1997 Pathfinder Intermittent Starting Problems **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan, pathfinder, start\ **Created:** [September 10, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-pathfinder-intermittent-starting-problems/19368 "2008-09-10T01:07:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PProvost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PProvost](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PProvost)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-pathfinder-intermittent-starting-problems/19368/1 "2008-09-10T01:07:06Z")
I’ve got an interesting problem with my 1997 Nissan Pathfinder. Occasionally, seems most common when it is very warm out, it won’t start. I know it isn’t the battery because am hour or a day later, it’ll start up just fine. (I also know because to be double sure, I replaced the battery.) I’ve tried and tried to find a pattern to what makes it not start, but I can’t find one. More information: When it is acting up, I can hear the relay under the dashboard click when I turn the key, but I can’t hear the solenoid in the starter click (as I might if the battery were dead). Please help! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![PProvost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PProvost](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PProvost)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-pathfinder-intermittent-starting-problems/19368/2 "2008-09-12T03:16:23Z")
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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-pathfinder-intermittent-starting-problems/19368/3 "2008-09-12T12:51:06Z")
It’s something electrical that doesn’t like the heat. Starter relay or starter. This is something you’ll have to trace with a volt meter. Clean the battery terminals too.