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Anonymous Posted on Sep 06, 2011

Car died at light, tried to start then clicking noise. car started on a jump. then replaced the battery & altenator. later on driving car again. car dies at light tried to start then clicking noise again. after changing the battery & altenator what would cause the car to die and not start would it be the solenoid on the stater???

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Did anybody bother to actually TEST the charging and starting system or are we just replacing parts? This whole thing COULD be caused by something as simple as a bad battery cable connection.

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