# Car won't start **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chrysler\ **Created:** [October 16, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/56469 "2010-10-16T22:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Francesami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@Francesami](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Francesami)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/56469/1 "2010-10-16T22:21:50Z")
The car sputters, but won’t crank or turn over. The doors and windows still work. It starts with a jump. ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/56469/2 "2010-10-16T23:26:38Z")
Your post is most confusing. Starts with a jump indicates a bad battery or primary circuit connections. ---
**Author:** ![Francesami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@Francesami](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Francesami)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/56469/3 "2010-10-17T22:16:13Z")
Sorry. I was posting for a friend who wasn’t too clear in her description. We discovered the starter has a bad spot. So sometimes it starts and sometimes it doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/56469/4 "2010-10-18T02:25:44Z")
Crank and turn over both mean the same thing, that is the starter turning the engine over with the normal cranking speed. Starting or firing up means the engine cranks and the runs on it’s own.