# Car won't start **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** reatta, buick\ **Created:** [August 29, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/3855 "2007-08-29T19:38:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![reatta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb8c5e/32.png) [@reatta](https://community.cartalk.com/u/reatta)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/3855/1 "2007-08-29T19:38:00Z")
I have a problem with my starter. I own a 1989 buick Reatta. I garaged it for the last 5 years …I bought a new battery and my friend has helped me to get it back on the road. When I go out to the garage to start the car in the morning it will not start for me…Wne the tow truck driver comes over it starts for him??? He said that I should turn on the lights first before turning the key?? When my friend comes over to look at the car he says that I need to push the key harder to the right to ingauge the starter??? Why doesn’t the car start for me?? The car is in mint condition. Am I missing some trick that I should know about starting the car? Like should the seat belt be fastened first? Or…the headlights on ?? ---
**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/3855/2 "2007-08-29T20:36:31Z")
There shouldn’t be any trick to starting your vehicle, unless something is worn out. A worn key cylinder is one that MAY be. Exactly what are the symptoms aside from ‘won’t start’? What does or doesn’t the vehicle do when you turn the key? ---
**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/3855/3 "2007-08-29T20:38:56Z")
Add: That’s probably the tow truck operators’ way of telling you to check the batterys’ condition.