Grinding gear sound on start

paulypres
Wed, 19 Aug 2020 19:20:11 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

1/10 starts has a horrible gear grinding sound and hesitation to start. The other 9 times the car starts perfectly without issue.

The car eventually starts if I continue turning it over (3 seconds), even though the gear grinding is terrible, no issues after.

I am guessing my starter is starting to go, but why would it happen so intermittently?

Could it be a power issue? I had a really bad draw from a bad coil pack a few months ago that blew my fuse box and positive battery power cable. I since got that fixed and was told there wasn’t a draw anymore.

My car alarm is also going off randomly (maybe once a week), but that could be because the battery in my remote start is dead. My car alarm sounds like it is weak at the end of its beeps, which may indicate a low power issue?

Any ideas?

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