# Car Intermittently Will Not Start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-intermittently-will-not-start/50935>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** batteries, starters, toyota\
**Created:** [June 27, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-intermittently-will-not-start/50935 "2010-06-27T02:48:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Slovac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Slovac](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Slovac)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-intermittently-will-not-start/50935/1 "2010-06-27T02:48:50Z")

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95 Land Cruiser - I turned the key and nothing happened. 2 seconds later I turn the key and it starts. This has happened four times this week.

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-intermittently-will-not-start/50935/2 "2010-06-27T05:45:34Z")

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The first thing you want to do for this is clean the battery connections. If that doesn’t help then check the power to the ignition switch.