PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - If the starter gets too hot, will it not engage?

sailor15015 · #9 05-28-2006, 12:54 AM

Are you sure the clicking is coming from the solanoid? Now that I think about it, I'm mistaken in what I was remembering when I posted earlier. I heard what I thought was the solanoid clicking but I think it was really something under the dash, maybe the lockout that only lets you turn the key to "start" once. Thinking about it, I got under the car once when it was acting up and the solanoid didn't make any sound at all. Right after I bought a new battery at Autozone, it wouldn't start. I went back inside and asked the sales guy and he said that he would see this problem alot when the weather would start to turn warm. He said the cause was the solanoid expanding and not being able to move. A new rebuilt Bosch starter saved the day.