2001 Camry trouble starting

Asked by Chevren Jul 03, 2013 at 05:00 PM about the 2001 Toyota Camry LE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My 2001 Camry has been giving me trouble off and on over the last week or so when
starting. Sometimes it would start fine, sometimes lights would come on the starter
would click but the engine would't turn then a few moments later it would start up, one
time it turned over slowly but started after I gave it some gas. Over the last couple of
days I've noticed that if I turn the ignition to On and let the fuel pump prime before
cranking it starts fine every time. Does anyone know some likely causes to this?

Also unrelated but my air conditioner knob that dictates where the air flows (feet/main
vents/front windshield/etc) is stuck blowing on the front windshield the knob turns and
doesn't seem loose or striped but it doesn't change anything, any idea what that could
be or how I could go about fixing that?

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Nobility answered 6 years ago

The wire to the negative battery terminal was burnt in my 2001 Toyota Camry...however, when I replaced the wire, it's still not starting...is there a second wire to the negative terminal?...and to what is it attached?

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GuruVWZ64 answered 6 years ago

my 01 did that too, I work for landscapers to whom salt heavily. Check grounds for battery as well as grounds to the body. I tightened both after cleaning the leads off and it was back to normal, around 250k miles again had the same issues, cleaned it with no change in performance. Then I looked into my positive lead for my battery, it was corroded.

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