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Starter Problem?

by dnevitable1, May 13, 2008



When I try to turn on the engine, it makes a loud grinding noise and does not start. would this be a starter problem or worse, a flex plate problem? are corollas known to have flexplate problems?

Bikeman982

When I try to turn on the engine, it makes a loud grinding noise and does not start. would this be a starter problem or worse, a flex plate problem? are corollas known to have flexplate problems?
Maybe a bad battery?

 

 

Does it do this all the time or just some of the time? Could be anything from the starter bendix sticking (the little gear that pops out and engages the teeth on the flexplate), messed up bendix (damaged teeth), or missing/broken teeth on flexplate. Toyotas are not known to have issues with the flexplate - so hopefully that is not the case. More likely, it is the starter giving you some issue.



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