well im pretty sure my starter went out saturday and had to buy a new starter and got it installed and was driving it today and on the one home my car died midway up a hill and then came back on .. like a surge ... and i got home and turned it off and then went to start it back up and nothing just click ... im back to square one .... is it my car or are these starters bad ???
Need help asap ... thanks

 

Well, a starter does not make your engine die, so you might be looking at an ignition switch problem.

 

well it didnt die ... it just like surged .. was running fine .. then all my gauges went crazy and it died and started right back up ...

 

Clicking when trying to start is not enough current getting to the starter. Usually from bad wiring or connections or battery. Sometimes it's the starter drawing too much current do to internal windings shorting together and drawing too much current. But since your other starter did it and the new one did it. You have either a wiring issue or a battery issue.

 

yep most likely a bad connction...

or something killing the battery while it sitting there...

 

LOL, which is it?

 

is the battery able to move? are the cables or bolts hitting something - grounding out the car?

 

haha sorry bout that i was mad and typing but my car is fixed now so i guess i ll see how long this one last

 

So... what was the fix?

 

new starter but its smaller than my last one ... i had a stock 94 one in but i got one from O Reilly and it the one we got has a smaller case but fits perfect

 

Thanks!