Won't start - doesn't turn over
I have a 1995 Columbus Thor and it has been parked about a month. Last weekend when I tried to start it, it wouldn't start or even turn over. I tried charging the battery and that didn't help. I to...
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I have no experience with that rig, but I did have a somewhat similar experience a while back with, of all things, a VW Jetta. I drove it to the big city and dropped off the wife then went 'round doing some errands. After a number of stops and restarts, I got in to go to the next place, and nothing. The battery was so dead it couldn't even light up the LCD mileage meter on the dashboard. Attempts to jump start it were futile.
Had it towed to the nearest dealer, and they told me that the starter motor and solenoid had shorted out so thoroughly that it completely killed the battery, too. While I hope that's not your problem, the lack of anything more than a click suggest that the starter/solenoid is not happy in it's work.
Had it towed to the nearest dealer, and they told me that the starter motor and solenoid had shorted out so thoroughly that it completely killed the battery, too. While I hope that's not your problem, the lack of anything more than a click suggest that the starter/solenoid is not happy in it's work.
