91 camry intermidiate starting problem

[blkavalon]

my 91 camry 4 cylinder sometimes wont start. its happens may be like 3 times a month. its like when you try to start no current get to the starter but it will start with a jump start. so checked out the battery it came out good and i decided to replace the starter.

today it happen the same thing with the new starter. lights turned on bright and the horn had a good powerful sound. jump started it and it started right up, i decided to turn off the engine, remove the jumper cables and starting it, it restarted without no problem.

i dont know what the heck is wrong, battery is good, starter is good, and it wont start sometimes. extra power from the jump start triggers a switch and its good. let me know any of you guys know whats going on. thank you

['88 All-Trac]

Might be the cables... Have you replaced the battery clips yet? Sometimes they corrode and you won't get enough power even out of a good battery to start the car.

[white90dx]

Check the "Starter Relay" link:

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(and many other important threads to read through)

-Charlie

[hairball]

Mine did this too, but it was the neutral safety switch. Never tried a jump so I don't know if it would have worked but I highly doubt it.

[tacosteelersman]

I also had starter problems in my beast. It was spuratic, and it would click only.. When I popped the hood I coule hear a clicking at the relay box I don't know why..It has a security system with a little toggle switch (factory,aftermarket I dont know) but a little box is ziptied to a wiring harness under the dash. I reached up in there and felt the plug was partally out of the bottom of the security box, replug and play was my answer.. Oh yeah this was after I replaced the starter contacts (thanks to this site, $5 later the starter was ruled out) with no luck..