# Intermittent non-start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-non-start/50089>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, batteries, alternators, 1500\
**Created:** [June 9, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-non-start/50089 "2010-06-09T13:43:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-non-start/50089/1 "2010-06-09T13:43:09Z")

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I turn the key, battery guage drops to zero, only get a buzzing sound. Crawled under car while wife tried (after 41 years I figured she already had plenty of opportunities to rid herself of me). The buzzing sound was much louder and seemed to travel through the undercarriage.  
  
 After 4 tries by me and 4 by my wife the car started. It seems to happen only after the car has been parked for a while and does not do it all the time.  
  
 George

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**Author:** ![Goldwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@Goldwing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Goldwing)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-non-start/50089/2 "2010-06-09T14:39:43Z")

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How old is the starter? What year Chevy? Can you test to see if electrical power is getting to the starter when you turn the key?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-non-start/50089/3 "2010-06-09T17:15:15Z")

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Original, 2004 model year.