Starter making a spinning sound and not cranking vehicle.

Starter not engaging..making
a definitive spinning sound.

[@ironman8727]

Yes! I suspect the starter fault too! I tried to start my car just this morning and I could hear some fly wheel or some gears spinning. But it feels like it is not connected to the shaft of the engine, so it could not start but I could clearly hear something spinning freely underneath. And this helped me prove 80 percent of the problem because It could be pther factors but this video was the closest prediction I could get.

[@keklordgrey4522]

Thank you... just had that happen to me with my new starter... TY for the info.

[@THEOvERSiZEDMeATBALL]

Okay Morgan freeman

[@DANNY6280000]

hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaa was thinking the same

[@feMARIE614]

Lmao

[@rockinshipp]

@@DANNY6280000 im laughing so fucking hard right now ..... okay morgan freeman lol

[@MilwaukeeMatt1]

This is the exact same thing that happened to me and this video helped me confirm my faulty starter. I took it back to Autozone, installed the new one and it starts right up. Thanks for the video.

[@miguelquazar883]

Are you saying you got a new starter but within a short. Of time that crapped out because I just bought one from AutoZone as well about 2 weeks ago and it is now doing this exact same thing although I do not pull it out to verify was the same problem. It is spinning but not engaging perhaps I was just unlucky enough to get a crap starter.

[@MilwaukeeMatt1]

@@miguelquazar883 I installed the first autozone starter and removed it. Took it to autozone and had them bring out a new one to show them the difference. The good starter has tension on the part that meets the flywheel so when it engages it comes up but then retracts down. My bad starter from Autozone just spun in place which is why it wasn't making a connection with the flywheel. After I got the replacement I had no problems.

[@spencer6526]

@@miguelquazar883 Never buy a starter or a alternator from them. Don't do it even they say lifetime warranty. You will replace that 2 or 3 times.

[@miguelquazar883]

@@spencer6526 Ive learned my lesson. Their lifetime warranty doesnt care if I am late to work or have to explain to employer for a 2nd time in a week. I recently had an issue with a coil I replaced just a few years ago. Luckily I kept an oroginal one in my tool bag I ride with because the new ones were scary cheap lol... I had just picked up a bluetooth scan tool 3 days prior as well to help a friend. Luckily I was riding around with it and was able to find out why the car started running like crap and the check engine light was blinking. I was able to troubleshoot and fix the problem on the highway shoulder within 30 mins... (Misfire on cyl. #3) The coil took a crap. The old coil I threw back in was a DENSO. The new starter I got after the Autozone one was also a DENSO (rebuilt) starter. No issues at all. Some things just arent worth being too cheap about when it comes to car parts. Less expensive is ok. Too cheap will let you down. Screw Autozone's lifetime warranty on their starters. Also get yourself a scan tool and ride with it! You can help yourself or someone else, or atleast know if and where you might need a tow or maybr just a ride to a parts store. 👍🏻

[@jimmyhunt9081]

Thanks for the video bro👍

[@v_qalex4381]

Thanks for this information same thing happened to me took it to get tested at 2 different shops and both told me it’s good but I remember I was able to spin it easy and my car makes a spinning sound when trying to start

[@slutgutter7182]

hey what did it turn out to be i have the same situation

[@seraphimguerrilla523]

Thanks my guy.

[@rey8415]

Mine would crank once before it would just spin freely and i also had mine tested and ofcourse it also passed the test, I just replaced it anyways and sure enough my car finally starts, i was worried it was going to be something else with it being a 2014 and not having experienced a starter demonstrate this before but luckily it was just the starter.

[@MobTyz]

having the same problem, my 96 is stuck at work for the night. hopefully the starter is the problem

[@kenhein4914]

I like your description and agree.. What was your resolution?

[@Whosdaman682]

Thanks , this happened to me this past weekend and the Oreilly tested it and said it was good but unfortunately the machine can only test the motor not the actual teeth that are to move the flywheel

[@becausereasons41]

Thanks Morgan freeman

[@Catch-zq5og]

Gunky freewheel, take off the bendict housing and clean it with petrol or shoot a tin of wd through it, clean the throw thread, nods a good'n

[@YRASFC]

I haveing this exact problem with a 2001 gmc Sonoma it was running fine and the next day went to start it and it just spun I took it out and hooked it up to a battery bench test and it worked fine but when it’s in the truck it doesn’t work it just spins and doesn’t engage the flywheel did you ever figure out your problem?

[@Southized]

Mine starts every other time i think its a flywheel 2000 s10

[@daverit40]

100% Did the same thing, took the starter to Autozone, they said it passed, they don’t know what they’re doing over there. I tested every conceivable possibility (connections, battery, fuses, relays...) and each one passed. Found it odd that I heard a humming sound when I tried starting, then it dawned on me, that humming is the sound of the gear spinning but not engaging the flywheel. Total PITA getting to this point but I’m sure it’s the starter. Going to buy one at the OTHER parts store lol.

[@famousmoon]

Could be the teeth on ur fly wheel are worn down

[@daverit40]

@@famousmoon nope, it was the starter

[@famousmoon]

@@daverit40 well thats good it was an easy fix

[@hmpz36911]

@@famousmoon did you check your flexplate teeth yet? Worn or 1 missing?

[@daverit40]

@@hmpz36911 it was the starter , no teeth missing on the flywheel

[@raystargazer]

2008 yukon 5,3 that's my starter. changed the starter to new. Same thing. There are three terminals on the solenoid. the middle one is a control from the ECM. The large one on the left is the positive to the battery, the large one on the right goes straight into the starter motor. My guess is the ECM is overriding the solenoid, but allowing power to flow. No idea yet how to get this fixed without spending a ton of money.

[@EIKLURAM]

I had a spinning sound when driving down the road then the vehicle just cut out.Any idea what that could be.?

[@balajigomathy6907]

Hai sir I have Polaris atv 250 two stoke engine bike esterday what happen I am going to change a battery . Wrongly connected but engine start after rectifyeris burning i going to stop the engine.afer we are going to connect the correct way but self moter sound only coming.but wrong connect self moter start engine also start but correct way to connect is not working.what i going to to please give good solution

[@nastynotch8314]

Morgan freeman. Is that you?

[@DANNY6280000]

WTF, why u working on cards Morgan Freeman!

[@86BullnoseOG]

I’m never buying a Napa starter again. I’m getting the same spinning sound and no turning of my flex plate.

[@w8what575]

Mine started doing the spinning sound and third time trying it...it won’t stop...I have to unplug my battery to get it to stop...I can’t plug the battery in cuz it’s still wanting to spin even with no key in the ignition!

[@brandonh.8882]

Solenoid is bad

[@reppin713]

I'm having a problem with my new stater not engaging the engine. My battery is probably dead because when I jump started it. The starter free spins. I made sure that the starter was properly installed in the reverse order that I removed the old one. I then tried to jump start it again. The only power I got was from the other vehicle's power. So it's the battery correct? I changed the battery terminal that connects the negative because it was bad. So, My last effort to fix this mess is to install a new battery and hopefully it will work because the starter will not engage the engine. Please help me

[@wildside1951]

Did you find the answer? Mine with spin and almost start the engine but not quite get there, then I go to turn the key again and it will spin but not engage even though it engaged like 2-3 times before. I cleaned the terminals because when I put it in my hands were super oily from touching the car, it sat for years, and it seemed to work better after but not quite, it still does it

[@chevickchevitisvrhum4704]

I sat my starter aside after taking my motor out than after the motor was in the bitch wont engage & im like how the hell just sitting a week it went bad

[@tonyborja7883]

Same happend to me but with the tranny 🤣funny thing is advance auto says it’s a good starter but I feel like it’s not

[@spacematter3645]

Mine just spins and sounds like a battery operated power drill takes me almost 15 attempts or more to fire my old 1999 kia up

[@famousmoon]

The gears on your flex plate are most likly worn out

[@tydale8629]

@@famousmoon No, the Bendix inside the starter is sliping and spins before it engages and causes it to retract before it can engage the flywheel.

[@famousmoon]

@@tydale8629 ok well thats alot better of a problem glad to hear that

[@tydale8629]

@@famousmoon but you could be right man, if it happens with multiple starter motors than maybe its missing teeth on the flywheel. I bought a "rebuilt" starter recently and on the second time I tried to start the car the starter just spun for two cranks before engaging with the flywheel on the third crank and so I ordered another one and returned my faulty one and it starts up right away and does not just spin.

[@hmpz36911]

@@famousmoon could be broken tooth on flexplate. Turn it an inch & see if atarta better then. If so should be fine & not really have to be replaced. Avoid doing a lot of work & $.

[@spencerdodds2207]

Thanks Morgan Freeman.👍

[@joseph9531]

I have a 2009 Honda crv that had problems starting about a couple of weeks ago. My daughter had the car on campus so I contracted a mechanic that comes to you. So we had suspected the starter so we got all the necessaries for the job. So the mechanic asked my daughter for the keys and lo and behold it started! So my daughter was driving to and fro no issues then she called and said that the car was not starting again and that she suspected that the cold had something to do with it. The battery was ruled out because it was brand new. She said initially when she tried to start it, it sounded like static when she turned the key. A friend of hers told her he heard the starter spinning but not engaging. Thus we concluded that it was the starter malfunctioning. So she called me back and told me that the car started and the next day as well so she drove home and parked it overnight then tried to start it this morning which was cold like 17. So when I got home and tried I heard spinning. I am assuming the sound is the starter but I need to verify if that's really it.

[@stefanlange485]

Did you find out what was wrong? Mine does the same thing and it only does it when its cold. Greetings from Sweden

[@joseph9531]

@@stefanlange485Yes, it's the starter going bad. We replaced it because it quit one day no matter what we did.

[@stefanlange485]

@@joseph9531 Thank you for the answer. Do you know why it is happening when its cold? Did you pay much for the change?

[@joseph9531]

@@stefanlange485 I don't know but eventually you will have to get it replaced.

[@stefanlange485]

@@joseph9531 Many thanks! May you live long and prosper.

[@mustafaar7899]

This is bendix problem

[@clayholliman3724]

Oh so i got 4 bad starters in a row ?????

[@tydale8629]

yes or your fly wheel could be missing teeth so the starter cannot engage.

[@sparkynm156]

I had 9 Bad NEW Starters in a Row.. 1986 Dodge Truck. The Starters were all Over Drawling Amperage and would continue while the vehicle was driving. Starter did not stay engaged. I figured out the issue in High School after my parents friends had been to the dealer multiple times and were fed up. It is still one of the oddest issues. It would kill the truck at a stop light even, then wouldn't start for days or started right up. Turned out the dealership had a run of failing starters but still the OverDrawl is one thing, to kill the truck while driving, thats an odd starter issue. I have never seen that same problem again on any car in thirty years..

[@tydale8629]

@@sparkynm156 Oh boy! Yeah usually a bad starter. So many rebuilt starters out there that were not tested or something.