My Car Makes A Clicking Noise But Won't Start (Starter Motor Not Working)?

Flat battery. The click is the starter solenoid working, but there is not enough power in the battery to turn the starter motor.

Regardless of what you did before the car wouldn't start the problem USUALLY IS one of three things (doesn't mean it can't be something else)

The battery is dead. (or needs to be recharged) Do that first before anything else.

The starter or the solenoid which is sometimes a part of the starter.

I would go with the battery. as a first choice.

don't use the battery light as a wy to tell if the battery is good or bad.

If after charging the battery every thing is the same, remove the battery and take it to an AUTO ZONE store where they will actually check It out with meters that will tell if it's good or bad. New Battery?

next, solenoid. if not a part of the starter.

Last would be the starter.

Here's a test you can do yourself before removing the battery.

with 2 people, have one person turn the key to the start position while the second person looks under the car for the starter, once found start tapping on the starter with a hammer while the other person has the key turned to the start position (all the way to the right) If the car starts while your doing these things then THE STARTER IS BAD, not the battery or the solenoid.

This is all I've got guys.

Good luck to ya.

Starter Motor Noise

Clean battery terminals. The posts and the insides of the clamps.

When it's running have the voltage measured with the lights on.

Should be 14 volts, not 12..

The battery is old and now has been dead several times. Replace it.

Make sure the alternator is ok before you change it and never let it go dead.

Car batteries are not deep cycle marine batteries.

They are never the same after even just once being dead.

Flat battery, but as there's some power left in it why not just push start it and then get the battery on charge when you get home?

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check your battery terminals are clean and tight get your battery fully charged and if there is nothing when you turn the key then you need a new starter motor

Your battery is either flat or you need a new one. Go get the battery checked at Halfords or somewhere like that.

Almost certainly the battery, the giveaway being the clicking alternator.