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SCRmotorsports · 05-05-2012, 09:51 PM

so i just got this car yesterday and already have problems. its a 5spd dohc, so i go to start it and it clicks without turning the key to start, it sounds like a turn signal click but no signal light on the dash, battery light and check engine light come on the radio comes on like normal the head lights still work along with every other light and buttons. i try to start it and the lights on the dash dim but nothing happins just sits there and clicks non stop. take the key out and it keeps clicking open the door, or push the lock button on the door and it stops put the key back in and if you move it or hit any buttons it starts clicking again and wont start, avg it takes me 10 min to start after takin the key out and retrying repeadedly. im not sure were to start being ive only had the car for 48hrs. any help is appreciated.

Nackolas13 · 05-05-2012, 10:06 PM

check your battery terminals, if you have already and that isn't it try to see if you can find any loose grounds im guessing thats what it is my 240 did the clicking thing when i had a bad terminal on it

SCRmotorsports · 05-05-2012, 10:35 PM

ok thats what i was thinking possibly so il check that, also can it be a relay? even though it stops and the car will run and drive just fine after fiddling with everything. i just dont get how it can happin when the car is off and the key is out of the ignition. seems like if i wiggle the key inside the ignition i can get it too stop also along with like i said, open the door,push the power lock button, put the key in and out.

SCRmotorsports · 05-06-2012, 02:21 PM

also this car had a alarm system installed before it was parked the dash was still out and you can see ne crimps all over to this black box, and he went in the marines for 5 years, he couldent remember having this problem. if the battery doesnt solve it i guess im takin the alarm out but il need help from someone that knows what wires go where. il take pictures if i cant figure this shit out.

Mishkin_707 · 05-06-2012, 08:26 PM

Yeah, check your battery and it's terminals, make sure the cables connect tight to the battery terminals, mine did this and presto, negative was dirty and wouldn't get tight so I put a small piece of metal and tightened it and no more problems

solidsnake180sx · 05-06-2012, 09:05 PM

Like the previous guys said, start with the easy stuff. My positive cable had just a small amount of corrosion and wouldn't start sometimes. I would go and wiggle my cable and then it would start up. Just because it wasn't making a good connection.

SCRmotorsports · 05-06-2012, 10:47 PM

i cleaned the cables and it still does it but starts better and runs smoother,after today i think its the alarm system cause it makes the same clicking when you lock and unlcock it with the controller thing. ive figured it out to wear i can get it too start before the alarm kicks it still takes a few tries but at least i know what it is. either gonna have the stereo shop check the wiring and rewire it or take it out completely and rewire it to stock, i dont feel like doing it there alot of wires hooked up to it. also the the key wont turn sometimes and you have to jerk the wheel to get the lock to release il have to figure that out sometime too.

ReLiC · 05-06-2012, 10:58 PM

When there is an electrical problem, the first thing i do is check the fuses.

RandallSharp · 05-06-2012, 11:08 PM

Dead battery, loose connections, or bad ground.

santi5222 · 05-07-2012, 10:07 AM

check the starter relay its behind the battery almost inside the fender. my car had the same problem starting up for months until i changed the starter relay.

SCRmotorsports · 05-08-2012, 10:01 PM

i havent checked my fuses, but i cleaned the cables and stuff and charged the battery. its something in the alarm so at this point non of you guys can really help sence the kid put it in himself. ive been putting the interior back in and put the dash back togeather i just have to turn the alarm off when i get in the car and it starts. know im having a problem with highbeam on the passenger side i tried a new light and it didnt work so im assuming a wire is broken sumwhere the flasher still works both highbeams "when you pull the light switch back towards yourself" but when the the switch is on high beam only my side works. anyone know what wire conrtols the highbeam on the plug?

godrifttoday · 05-08-2012, 10:55 PM

remove the alarm then, but do check if you have proper ground

Silentoreo34 · 05-08-2012, 11:10 PM

If it had an alarm check the wires where they were wired.

05-05-2012, 09:51 PM	#1
SCRmotorsports Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: kalispell, MT Age: 31 Posts: 47 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	91 240sx wont start then it does. so i just got this car yesterday and already have problems. its a 5spd dohc, so i go to start it and it clicks without turning the key to start, it sounds like a turn signal click but no signal light on the dash, battery light and check engine light come on the radio comes on like normal the head lights still work along with every other light and buttons. i try to start it and the lights on the dash dim but nothing happins just sits there and clicks non stop. take the key out and it keeps clicking open the door, or push the lock button on the door and it stops put the key back in and if you move it or hit any buttons it starts clicking again and wont start, avg it takes me 10 min to start after takin the key out and retrying repeadedly. im not sure were to start being ive only had the car for 48hrs. any help is appreciated.

05-06-2012, 11:08 PM	#9
RandallSharp Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ohio Age: 33 Posts: 183 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Dead battery, loose connections, or bad ground. __________________ 1991 240sx Hatch Daily'd!

05-08-2012, 10:55 PM	#12
godrifttoday Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: los angeles Age: 41 Posts: 3,120 Trader Rating: (82) Feedback Score: 82 reviews	remove the alarm then, but do check if you have proper ground __________________ NEED Bolt kits for your car?

05-05-2012, 10:06 PM	#2
Nackolas13 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Muncie, Indiana Age: 38 Posts: 12 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	check your battery terminals, if you have already and that isn't it try to see if you can find any loose grounds im guessing thats what it is my 240 did the clicking thing when i had a bad terminal on it

05-05-2012, 10:35 PM	#3
SCRmotorsports Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: kalispell, MT Age: 31 Posts: 47 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ok thats what i was thinking possibly so il check that, also can it be a relay? even though it stops and the car will run and drive just fine after fiddling with everything. i just dont get how it can happin when the car is off and the key is out of the ignition. seems like if i wiggle the key inside the ignition i can get it too stop also along with like i said, open the door,push the power lock button, put the key in and out.

05-06-2012, 02:21 PM	#4
SCRmotorsports Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: kalispell, MT Age: 31 Posts: 47 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	also this car had a alarm system installed before it was parked the dash was still out and you can see ne crimps all over to this black box, and he went in the marines for 5 years, he couldent remember having this problem. if the battery doesnt solve it i guess im takin the alarm out but il need help from someone that knows what wires go where. il take pictures if i cant figure this shit out.

05-06-2012, 08:26 PM	#5
Mishkin_707 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: everywhere Age: 43 Posts: 732 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Yeah, check your battery and it's terminals, make sure the cables connect tight to the battery terminals, mine did this and presto, negative was dirty and wouldn't get tight so I put a small piece of metal and tightened it and no more problems

05-06-2012, 09:05 PM	#6
solidsnake180sx Join Date: May 2012 Location: wa Age: 32 Posts: 7 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Like the previous guys said, start with the easy stuff. My positive cable had just a small amount of corrosion and wouldn't start sometimes. I would go and wiggle my cable and then it would start up. Just because it wasn't making a good connection.

05-06-2012, 10:47 PM	#7
SCRmotorsports Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: kalispell, MT Age: 31 Posts: 47 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i cleaned the cables and it still does it but starts better and runs smoother,after today i think its the alarm system cause it makes the same clicking when you lock and unlcock it with the controller thing. ive figured it out to wear i can get it too start before the alarm kicks it still takes a few tries but at least i know what it is. either gonna have the stereo shop check the wiring and rewire it or take it out completely and rewire it to stock, i dont feel like doing it there alot of wires hooked up to it. also the the key wont turn sometimes and you have to jerk the wheel to get the lock to release il have to figure that out sometime too.

05-06-2012, 10:58 PM	#8
ReLiC Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: la puente Age: 36 Posts: 862 Trader Rating: (13) Feedback Score: 13 reviews	When there is an electrical problem, the first thing i do is check the fuses.

05-07-2012, 10:07 AM	#10
santi5222 Join Date: May 2008 Location: miami Age: 37 Posts: 14 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	check the starter relay its behind the battery almost inside the fender. my car had the same problem starting up for months until i changed the starter relay.

05-08-2012, 10:01 PM	#11
SCRmotorsports Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: kalispell, MT Age: 31 Posts: 47 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i havent checked my fuses, but i cleaned the cables and stuff and charged the battery. its something in the alarm so at this point non of you guys can really help sence the kid put it in himself. ive been putting the interior back in and put the dash back togeather i just have to turn the alarm off when i get in the car and it starts. know im having a problem with highbeam on the passenger side i tried a new light and it didnt work so im assuming a wire is broken sumwhere the flasher still works both highbeams "when you pull the light switch back towards yourself" but when the the switch is on high beam only my side works. anyone know what wire conrtols the highbeam on the plug?

05-08-2012, 11:10 PM	#13
Silentoreo34 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Age: 34 Posts: 630 Trader Rating: (28) Feedback Score: 28 reviews	If it had an alarm check the wires where they were wired.