# Dad's car won't start.  Help.

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dads-car-wont-start-help/110944
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive
**Created:** [November 10, 2007, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dads-car-wont-start-help/110944 "2007-11-10T10:55:20Z")
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### Author: ![Fobwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@Fobwall](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fobwall)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dads-car-wont-start-help/110944/16 "2007-11-11T19:55:56Z")

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> [@FS:(not mine) 00ish vette](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-not-mine-00ish-vette/14835/4):
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> I swear this car is just a fuckin money pit - more than my 240sx. And it’s just been nothing but a POS this whole year.
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> Car is 1998 Ford Contour btw.
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> Ok so this morning dad said car wouldn’t start.
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> I try to turn it over and it turned over but fell flat onits face.
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> I wait a few sec and try again. This time I held the gas down and it started and I kept revving and it ran.
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> I let go of gas and it idled below normal (\< 700) eventually falling flat on its face and dying.
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> I wait a few sec and try to turn over again. This time the starter just clicked loudly but nothing happened.
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> Battery voltage is 12.5V (while cranking it dipped to around 10ish). All accessories work fine. The Alternator was replaced a month or two ago.
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> I got my car and tried to boost it but it still juts clicked.
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> What’s the issue?
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> - Starter solenoid?
> - Loose cabling

It sounds like you have a bad ground. Did you double check all your grounds?

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