# Starter problem

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/starter-problem/13545>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 2, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/starter-problem/13545 "2008-05-02T17:00:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![davek222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@davek222](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davek222)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/starter-problem/13545/1 "2008-05-02T17:00:24Z")

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when i go to start the car i get a click and than a start, this gets worse over about a weeks time than there is no problem for about a month it fires up perfectly , whats up a loose wire ?

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**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/starter-problem/13545/2 "2008-05-02T19:23:37Z")

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Could be starter, battery or poor connections at the battery or starter.

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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:** [May 2, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/starter-problem/13545/3 "2008-05-02T20:06:22Z")

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Remove the battery connections and clean them along with the battery posts using a battery post cleaning brush. If that doesn’t fix the trouble then the starter solenoid contacts or main battery cable to the starter may be corroded.