# Car wont start.... **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [September 17, 2005, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start/88779 "2005-09-17T08:48:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![240\_Foz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/dc4da7/32.png) [@240\_Foz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/240_Foz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start/88779/1 "2005-09-17T08:48:30Z")
so i go out in the morning and the car wont start. I turn the key and the speakers go all crackly and nuts and it doesn’t turn over, it just does random ticks. The negative terminal was loose but i fiddled around with it and iits barly arcing at all. I did recently put a big ass amp in the car, dont know how much its drawing but i think that has something to do with it. I’m hungover right now and dont really want to play around with it all unless i know what to fix. Think i should swap the battery or what? foz ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start/88779/2 "2005-09-17T08:50:43Z")
make sure the neg/pos terminals on the battery connections are TIGHT. if you want, go to canadian tire and pick up new connection peices. They come in a nice gold color and look 10x better anyways. ---
**Author:** ![240\_Foz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/dc4da7/32.png) [@240\_Foz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/240_Foz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start/88779/3 "2005-09-17T08:57:51Z")
hmm now tempted to take my non insured winter beater to crappy tire… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start/88779/4 "2005-09-17T09:57:56Z")
you wouldnt need to bring your car. I’ believe one of my 240’s has those gold things, hold on ill go check. ---
**Author:** ![koz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/koz/32/5478_2.png) [@koz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/koz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start/88779/5 "2005-09-17T11:15:09Z")
do you have power everywhere (lights, radio, etc.)? if so, your battery is fine… the ticking and no cranking sounds like a starter problem. give it a good whack or two with a hammer to try and get it to work, or if your car is manual try bump starting it. ---
**Author:** ![DarkForceJackal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@DarkForceJackal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DarkForceJackal)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start/88779/6 "2005-09-17T12:31:10Z")
> [@koz](#): > > do you have power everywhere (lights, radio, etc.)? if so, your battery is fine… the ticking and no cranking sounds like a starter problem. give it a good whack or two with a hammer to try and get it to work, or if your car is manual try bump starting it. I second this. Make sure when you turn the key two clicks forward, all the usual stuff happens, lights-wise…that should be the next step to diagnosing the real problem. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![240\_Foz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/dc4da7/32.png) [@240\_Foz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/240_Foz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start/88779/7 "2005-09-17T13:46:45Z")
turns out my new amp draws a shit load of power… dead battery I swapped in my spare ac delco and it fired right up.