94 Camry - Not convinced Neutral Safety Switch is problem. Other thoughts?

[supercanuck]

As I have mentioned in a previous post, I have a 1994 Camry that is acting up, so I'm trying to figure out what is going on.

At first I was pretty sure it was the Neutral Safety Switch, as for years it would usually start right up, but often times I would have to wiggle the gear selector (It's an Automatic) or pull it back some to get the car to start. However, it has progressively gotten worse, and now, its finally at the point that no matter how I move it or put pressure or whatnot, it will not start.

All of the symptoms seemed to point to the NSS, but the car is failing to start in any gear position, including P or N. From my reading, I am under the impression that usually if is the NSS, at least one of the positions will let it start, but since I am having no luck getting it to start at all, I'm wondering if it's something else.

I am having full power when I turn the key, so I'm sure it's not something with the battery or alternator. I have perused a couple of posts about maybe the starter or starter solenoid or relay switch, but I was hoping someone could help me try to narrow down what is going on.

Any thoughts on what it may be or how I can diagnose the problem would be greatly appreciated!

[supercanuck]

Alright, I went out this morning to try to at least move the car to somewhere I could work on it, and when I went to turn it on, it seemed like it at least tried to start this time, but there was a different problem...When I turned the key I heard a lot of clicking -- fast paced clicking sounding like the rat-a-tat-tat of machine gun or something.



What is going on now? Any help would be very much appreciated.



Cheers,

zack

[JohnGD]

Have you check the bunch of wires to the trunk lid? Some have reported over years the flexing caused the wires to break or contact chassis. If you search maybe you'll find one TN member IIRC solve the problem that way.

Originally Posted by supercanuck

As I have mentioned in a previous post, I have a 1994 Camry that is acting up, so I'm trying to figure out what is going on.

At first I was pretty sure it was the Neutral Safety Switch, as for years it would usually start right up, but often times I would have to wiggle the gear selector (It's an Automatic) or pull it back some to get the car to start. However, it has progressively gotten worse, and now, its finally at the point that no matter how I move it or put pressure or whatnot, it will not start.

All of the symptoms seemed to point to the NSS, but the car is failing to start in any gear position, including P or N. From my reading, I am under the impression that usually if is the NSS, at least one of the positions will let it start, but since I am having no luck getting it to start at all, I'm wondering if it's something else.

I am having full power when I turn the key, so I'm sure it's not something with the battery or alternator. I have perused a couple of posts about maybe the starter or starter solenoid or relay switch, but I was hoping someone could help me try to narrow down what is going on.

Any thoughts on what it may be or how I can diagnose the problem would be greatly appreciated!