Starting issues

Asked by Bubbleszmich Nov 07, 2017 at 08:26 PM about the 2004 Ford Focus SE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Car would not start  changed the starter and
battery is changed still not starting. It makes a
click sound when tring to start it but won't turn over
what the problem now ?

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John answered 7 years ago

Cables, especially the ground wires commonly fall apart on these cars. Check out these videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGV_wwZk06E If you have a stick shift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnIxPFhsPYY Good luck!

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