# Starter

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/starter/51185>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** lesabre, buick\
**Created:** [July 2, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/starter/51185 "2010-07-02T16:03:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dlockie\_55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@dlockie\_55](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dlockie_55)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/starter/51185/1 "2010-07-02T16:03:05Z")

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my car doesn’t immediately turnover when I turn the key there is a delay and then it turnsover and starts. It is not the battery no clicking. Sometimes it turns right over and sometimes there is nothing for a second or two before it cranks. any suggestions

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**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/starter/51185/2 "2010-07-02T16:08:52Z")

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What year? Maybe it’s the anti-theft system.

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**Author:** ![dlockie\_55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@dlockie\_55](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dlockie_55)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/starter/51185/3 "2010-07-02T16:43:38Z")

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It’s a 97 buick lesabre Thanks!!!

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/starter/51185/4 "2010-07-02T16:55:13Z")

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Or it could be a tired starter relay.

[http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/search/?N=0&PN=3340&Ne=5&Nr=AND(universal:0,wpn\_tl\_name:Engine+%26+Drivetrain,wpn\_cat\_name:Starters\%2C+Alternators\%2C+Batteries+%26+Components,wpn\_scat\_name:Starters+%26+Components)&refType=Category&refValue=Starter+Relay](http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/search/?N=0&PN=3340&Ne=5&Nr=AND(universal:0,wpn_tl_name:Engine+%26+Drivetrain,wpn_cat_name:Starters%5C%2C+Alternators%5C%2C+Batteries+%26+Components,wpn_scat_name:Starters+%26+Components)&refType=Category&refValue=Starter+Relay)

This relay is energized when you turn the key and through its contacts pass the starter motor circuits. You’ll find it under the hood in a relay box.

The ignition cylinder itself may be worn and tired, or the starter solenoid old and tired, but the relay is easy to change and affordable. Unfortunately, there’s no convenient way to test it at home for activation time.

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**Author:** ![dlockie\_55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@dlockie\_55](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dlockie_55)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/starter/51185/5 "2010-07-03T21:15:00Z")

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Thanks for your help!! I will have it checked out!!!