Engine won't crank over or even make a clicking noise. I charged battery yesterday and the lights are bright. Gauges work Power windows work

problem can be loose battery terminals
dirty battery terminals ( must be shiny clean on both terminals and battery posts) loose battery connections
bad battery ( have a load test done on the battery)

All the computers in the car talk on a CAN Bus. One of the computers might be interfering with the others.
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It happened to me, I had a bad ground. I grounded the computer directly to the battery and magically everything worked. I then had to go through the wiring to figure out which ground. In my case the one under the center console was loose.

There is a connector under the dash that is more like a plug (it might look like a unused diagnostic port), if you pull the cap off, you will separate all the computers. With an oscilliscope or really good volt meter you can probe which of those pins is putting out noise. The connector is the CAN bus connector.

If you have a good diagnostic tool, one that can talk to the other computers, not just pull codes from the engine computer, you can, with a wiring diagram, add one at a time until you find the culprit.

Make sure your getting 12V at the starter (fm batt) & have a good, clean ground from the batt. Good luck

I think this is wiring problem? Get all the wires related to lights checked.



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Well, that's good, but even if the chain was broke, the starter would still be tryiing to start the car. Since your starter wont crank the engine over, your start circuit has a malfunction. Possibly the starter went out, so you need to have that tested for a malfunction. A simple test of part of the circuit is to turn the key to on.. Now your dash warnimg lights (oil, alternator, and check engine light) should be on. Are they on, and your gauges working? If not you have lost power to the ignition switch, so check your battery connections. If the key switch turns the dash on, then turn key to start. Do you hear a click from the engine area? If not, have the starter checked. If you do hear a click, or several clicks, then power from the switch is causing that click, probably at the starter. Turn the headlights on and observe them. Are they bright? If not, charge the battery up. If they are bright, watch them while a helper turns the key to start. If the lights go dim in start, probably a bad starter. If the lights don't dim, it could be a bad connection somewhere, like the battery or starter. Good luck

clean the battery cable terminals and battery posts till it show's bright metal , put some grease on the posts and tighten the terminals.

When a battery is very low, even a jump won't work because the battery takes too much out of the jump. Take the battery out and have it charged up.
If it won't take a charge, get a new one.
But also make sure the battery terminals and cable ends are shiny and greased.

If you really want to be sure, put a voltmeter on it.
A good battery should be 12.5.
When you crank it should go down to about 10.
If it goes below 9, either the battery is too low, or the starter is draining too much.
If it never goes below 11, it is not draining enough, and the solenoid is probably bad.
If when you stop cranking, it comes back up to over 11, then the battery is good, so the starter is probably bad.

First check your battery cables and connections to make sure they are clean and tight. If they are, i think you should try getting a boost. The starter takes more power than everything else put together. Although your headlights are bright, the battery may still be too low to turn the engine.

It sounds like a loose wire to the starter, check the wiring going to the starter for any corrosion, breaks and make sure all the bolts and nuts are tight.

Sounds like a classic case of a dead battery. It takes much less energy to sweep the gauges and turn on the lights than it does to crank the engine over. The clicking noise is usually your starter solenoid trying to engage and spin the starter. Try a new battery. Happy motoring.

Good luck.