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F 250 4x4 5.4 liter instrument panel lites up but starter won’t turn over, this’s happens off and on. Sometimes I have wiggled gear shifter and it will start

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Did you try putting into neutral ? Park neutral safety switch could be bad or worn .

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 01, 2008

SOURCE: 2002 F350 Superduty 7.3L Diesel/Auto transmission

You should check the wiring for the gear shift. Sometimes the wires rub through on the top and it causes a short.F2.45 is a 10a fuse in fuse box located in the cab. It controls all three of your concerns. Hope this helps, Good Luck.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 29, 2009

SOURCE: 99 vw passat won't always start

That would be your Ignition switch my friend, happens to most the vw's within their 200k mile life span. if you turn the key and it doesn't start, try (as you have the key engaged to start the engine) lightly leaning the key up, down, left, right, sideways, which ever way possible, or even pushing the key its self into the ignition as far as it will go, if its the ignition switch, the car will most likely start. Now, for saftey reasons i will tell you not to drive the car once you do get it started, for the only problem i had with doing that was as i was driving down the road, the started engaged when ever i would push the clutch in, so i had to resort to "speed shifting", and something like that could lead to an accident. if you bring it to a local repair shop it shouldnt cost you more the $100 to fix.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 03, 2009

SOURCE: 1995 chevy lumina sometimes won't start

when this happens try to start it in neutral. the trans. has a safety switch that will not allow the car to start in anything, but park and neutral. sometimes the shift lever gets a little out of line with the gear indicator. also try firmly shifting into and out of park a few times. this may flip the switch. good luck

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 05, 2010

SOURCE: 2006 Jeep Commander Intermittent Starting Problems

Common problem in snow country where salt water can corrode starter parking gate wire connection at started tab. Just cleanthe connector and tab, coat in dielectric grease, problem solved in 15 minutes!

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 06, 2011

SOURCE: 2007 chevy cobalt ls won't

Ignition relay or fuse could be the problem. When you turn the key to start do you hear a fuel pump kicking on and or do you have spark when you hot wire the starter (I know it's hard to check while trying to start it)? You can email me back and I might be able to pinpoint it more.

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Select start withignition switch and sometimes nothing happens. No other problems are seen. All other instrument indiations seem normal. Keep trying and, so far, it will start.

will or will not crank?
if no crank wiggle the gear selector cranking
or try cranking in neutral. (fresh contacts there)

nothing to me means it will not crank.
if A/T wiggle the shifter,
the park lock out will allow you to shift to neutral, hand brake set.
then crank.
if it wont crank now, try, jumper cable cranks next.
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1994 gmc k2500 turn the key to start and nothing happens. I can short across the solenoid and starter and it will start.Is it the starter switch or something else?

manuel trans or auto? put it in park or nuetral " wiggle the shifter" sometimes ( auto trans) nuetral saftey switch is out of adjustment
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Make sure the transmission range selector switch is adjusted correctly it is the switch just below the shift cable post. Also try to start it in Neutral rather than park position.
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Don't start the engine. I put the key on the start position and I try to start the engine but the engine don't do nothing

try moving your shifter from 1st threw P over and over put back in park try and start if it still does nothing try starting from neutral... if the car will not crank period no matter what then its more than likely the starter
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I have a 1994 olds 88 royale with gear shift on steering column. My car has power to instrument panel, fuel pump, injectors but will not turn over. I thought it may be inition switch which is under dash...

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Double check all your ground cable & + connections for clean, tight & in good shape. Sometimes just loosening them & wiggling them, then re-tightening will get better connection. Try moving shifter into neutral when this happens also, as well as turning key to start as you move shifter slowly through all gears to see if it try's even for a second to turn over. If moving shifter gets any sign of a kick over, it's probably safety neutral switch.
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Sometimes it turns over and starts right up and then sometimes when turning the key to start nothing happens.

Sounds like a fault in the ignition switch, or ( if the car is auto) the lock out on the shifter.
First try wiggling the shifter . Else.
Providing that the ignition lights are coming on.
Wait for the fault to appear then hot wire the starter .
Take a wire from the small terminal on the starter to a positive power feed.
If the car starts, check starter relays, fuses, connections ( under footwell on the right side RHD cars) , make sure the connections are good on the starter. If all these things OK, then the actual ignition switch is most likely faulty.
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