Car won't start

Asked by Swamppa_102 Aug 21, 2017 at 04:11 PM about the 1995 Lexus ES 300 FWD

Question type: General

Try to crank won't do anything no clicking sound or
anything

8 Answers

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Is battery good? Good under load? So many possibilities but start at battery.

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battery fully charged, still will not turn over, not even a chug.

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alarm may be culprit. Use key in drivers door and turn to lock then unlock. Try starting car. or unhook the negative battery cable from battery for a few moments, reattach, alarm will sound, put key in drivers door and turn it. Alarm will stop, and you can start car. Cheers

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I have the same problem, you can hear it trying to start but it just won’t go. :(

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I had the same problem just now with my ES300. I removed the battery to access the starter and took a long bar, placed it on the starter and hit the other end with a hammer a couple times. I did this in a couple different areas of the starter. Put battery back in and car started right up.

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Took local garage 5 minutes to diagnose crank but no-start. The ignition key. Simply worn down, car security interpreted it as incorrect key. Tried the other key and it worked well.

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