# 2005 Nissan Altima Starter

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-altima-starter/66693>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [July 29, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-altima-starter/66693 "2011-07-29T17:59:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![magartne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@magartne](https://community.cartalk.com/u/magartne)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-altima-starter/66693/1 "2011-07-29T17:59:46Z")

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I have a 2005 Nissan Altima and for a little over a year now every once in a while when I turn the key it sounds as if I am over turning my key when I go to start my car. As I told the machanic no am not actually over turning the key, but that is what it sounds like. It was much worse during the winter months then the summer months. I did take my car to get inspected at the Nissan dealership and the machanic stated he could not duplicate the noise and I would have to wait until the problem got worse. Any suggestions what the issue might be and how expensive ihe problem is?

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-altima-starter/66693/2 "2011-07-29T18:14:15Z")

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Its probably a bad Bendix gear on the starter. Those are often intermittent when they start failing. You will likely end up with a new starter before long.