# My car won't start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-wont-start/35310>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** lesabre, buick\
**Created:** [August 20, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-wont-start/35310 "2009-08-20T05:42:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jaustinesanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@jaustinesanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jaustinesanders)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-wont-start/35310/1 "2009-08-20T05:42:51Z")

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I have a 1999 Buick LeSabre that will not start. We drove it around, came home and then decided to go out again and it just would not start. We have a new battery that checked out fine and the started also checked out fine. All the dash lights come on and when you turn the key it does make a short humming sound, then nothing. This has never happened before. I did have a problem a couple of months ago with the automatic doors locking on their own but I don’t know it that has anything to do with the problem now. We are at our wits end as to what to do.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-wont-start/35310/2 "2009-08-20T10:40:05Z")

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How did you check out the battery?

I would suggest removing and cleaning each end of each battery cable and securely reattaching them.