clutch safety switch

[Waveous72]

Ok my dumb ass attempted to start my car without pushing in the clutch, now my car wont even start. Everything electrical works ;radio, lights, seatbelt, etc. just the engine wont start. i just hear one click under the dash by the clutch pedal where the clutch safety switch is. I need to know how to fix that so i can drive my car again. Please help!!!

[pwr-adr]

disconnect it and then try it or disconnect the battery and let it sit for a few then try again.

[Waveous72]

i did all that disconnected the battery let it sit. tried to jump start it still nothing

[bo2o]

bypass it.
weird how did that happen tho.
if u try to start the car while not pushing clutch it doesnt do jack.

take teh 2 wires from the switch and put a jumper cable now you can try to start your car with out pushing in clutch. a lil bit dangerous if your car is in gear.

if that works then its forshure your switch.

[drift into a curb]

It's the starter. Rock your car back and forth in neutral. Or tap on the starter with a long bar.

[Waveous72]

k did the rock back and forth didnt work and i couldnt see my starter where is it at exactly?

[240sxdb]

Its pretty much near your oil filter. If you are standing on the passenger side, its the big round thing next to it on your left (towards the EGR valve). Hopefully someone has pictures so they can show you where it is. It's impossible to miss.

[Waveous72]

im not looking at my engine right now but are you talking about my alternator? thats the only big round thing i can think of thats by my oil filter.

[240sxdb]

look for something more cylindrical...it's pretty much the same shape as the oil filter, just bigger, plus the solenoid is attached to it

[Mister.E]

starting the car without pushing in the clutch wont do anything...

did you start it without the clutch while it was in gear? if thats the case then im gonna have to go with the above statement and say that its highly probable that your starter is whats giving you the problem.

[Waveous72]

no thats what i dont get i had it in neutral i never leave it in gear. and every time i start my car i put the clutch in. just that one time i try it nothing happened now i cant even start it.

[kuruptR]

Double check your grounds.
Put your car to the on position, you should hear the fuel pump turn on.
Goto your engine bay, connect the ground wire on the starter to the power on it. If it doesnt turn the motor or start the car the starter should be the root of the problems.

[TurboNetic05]

^ grounds. im pretty sure. same thing happened to me a week ago. fixed the bad ground and it started right up

[d0pe240]

try push starting it. if it starts, then it may be the starter or the grounds like the above said.

[Mister.E]

no thats what i dont get i had it in neutral i never leave it in gear. and every time i start my car i put the clutch in. just that one time i try it nothing happened now i cant even start it.

i would still check the starter if i was you. just the other day at work my buddy was driving to the store and his car was running perfectly fine. he shut it off and went inside. when he came back out his car wouldnt even attempt to turn over and it turned out to be a bad starter.

[Addicted2Kouki]

Just find your starter, hit it with a long pipe, similiar to a jack stand handle, and you should be good.

...that is til it wont work anymore.
which means buy a starter.

[azanprophet]

I had the same problem recently with my clutch safety switch, though I was still able to push start my car to get it home. I ended up just replacing the switch so I wouldn't have to deal with the hassle of push starting everytime while I tried to diagnose. $2 part at autozone or wherever but it is a b!tch hanging upside down in the seat or twisting yourself to get to it to work on it.

[kuruptR]

Just by pass the switch, Canadian chuki s13's dont have clutch switches..

Yo, does hitting the starter actually work? haha never tried that.

[Waveous72]

k i had my battery disconnected last night connected it just now tried to start it. found the starter tried hitting it nothing. next just take the damn starter to autozone. test it. and how do you bypass it.



yes im a noob but you gotta start somewhere its my first car trying to learn as much as i can i do google shit up i find it easier to talk to ppl that can dumb things down for me. im sorry that im annoying or some shit or if im putting up more than one forum up of the same thing i dont know how to use this website so if you gonna just get on here and talk shit about me why even bother clicking on the forum. thanks to everybody thats actually been helping out.

[driftordiemike]

I Say Push Start It Then If It Starts Trun It Off Then Try Starting It If It Dnt Start Then It Should B Ur Starter Sounds Like U Had The Sam Prob My Homie Did

[Waveous72]

k so how fast do i have to push it to push start it cause i already tried that and nothing

[upSLIDEdown]

You should google a few things before wasting bandwidth. First page on google. I'm sure there's more stuff out there to help you, but in the name of spoonfeeding. Here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d07mJQVrXZ0

[driftordiemike]

I Say Push Start It Then If It Starts Trun It Off Then Try Starting It If It Dnt Start Then It Should B Ur Starter Sounds Like U Had The Sam Prob My Homie Did
http://www.zilvia.net/f/images/reputation/reputation_neg.gifclutch safety switch (http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?p=2146340#post2146340)06-30-2008 02:41 PMWhy Do You Capitalize Each Word Homie?
whoes cars if i type like that y do u care

[upSLIDEdown]

HAHAHAHA! That's funny. If it was me, you'd be a couple squares in the red by now. lol

[RPS13-604]

thats whacked man i can start my car without the clutch depressed in and it still starts fine but i still push the clutch in everytime so i dont mess anything up

[CusCo_S14]

k so how fast do i have to push it to push start it cause i already tried that and nothing

just enough to get it rolling pretty good, but easist way is to push start is in reverse. works every time ive had to do it.

[Waveous72]

k im just gonna get the starter checked out at autozone. anyways i got these lowering springs that the previous owner gave me and i was wondering if they would work on my stock suspension set up. my buddy said they looked iffy.http://www.tommotorsport.com/2005/shop/index.php?page=detail&id=290&lang=en&devise=USD http://www.tommotorsport.com/2005/shop/index.php?page=detail&id=290&lang=en&devise=USD

[Dirty Habit]

Hell yeah. Those coilovers are dope. Garunteeed to supa slam yo car and give you that hella tyte jdm look.

Pick up one of these also:
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Hella dope.

Someone contact TOMMOTORSPORT. Dudes could do some serious business here on the forums.

[Waveous72]

K i tried to bypass the starter that didnt work either so tomorrow im gonna take it out bring it to autozone or something to get it tested.

[sidewayz240]

K i tried to bypass the starter that didnt work either so tomorrow im gonna take it out bring it to autozone or something to get it tested.

wait you tried to bypass the starter?? Haha. Hoping it will start on hopes and dreams?

They meant to by-pass the safety switch, NOT the starter, you kinda need that.

And to who ever was asking, hitting the started does work, I did it for about a month, then that stopped working and had to stop procrastinating and actually change it.

[Waveous72]

k well then how do i bypass the switch??? and i was knocking on the starter and that didnt work.

[r6_240sx]

Damn man WTF, one thing at a time. Did you get your starter tested? If so what were the results? If you hit the starter and it didn't work, chances are it's dead.

If it's dead, it's dead you need a new starter, period.

And no you can't bypass the starter, WTF...

To bypass the clutch safety switch, there's two wires that go to the clutch, connect those two with whatever method makes u happy. I think at this point in time ur probably best with it on, LOL...

http://www.2carpros.com/first_things/car_will_not_crank.htm

[Waveous72]

k i got my starter battery and my fuses checked and they were all good. so then i just followed all the wires that led to the switch when i got under my dash i saw that the switch was broken and i was just like what the hell i didnt see this the first time i bypassed it with speaker wire and it started right up. Thanks guys

now anybody know whats wrong with my lights they will go up but wont go back down. i have to put them down by spinning that one nob. please help i want my baby perfect

[98s14inaz]

It's two bolts holding that thing in. Get dirty, crawl under there, remove it, take it to vatozone, get it checked, reinstall new or old one...your choice. This thread should have been four posts long.

-op my car won't start
-zilvia check your starter
-op ok i'll check that
-op thank you zilvia, that was the problem. This was so easy to fix once I crawled under the car and got dirty.

[axiomatik]

k i got my starter battery and my fuses checked and they were all good. so then i just followed all the wires that led to the switch when i got under my dash i saw that the switch was broken and i was just like what the hell i didnt see this the first time i bypassed it with speaker wire and it started right up. Thanks guys

now anybody know whats wrong with my lights they will go up but wont go back down. i have to put them down by spinning that one nob. please help i want my baby perfect

It's probably the combination switch/stalk on your steering column. The contacts wear out over time and no longer make the connections. The exact same thing happened to me. Replacing the switch should fix the problem. If you know how to use a multi-meter and the FSM, you can test your old switch before buying a new one.