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Mk6 no start diagnose list

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At 76k miles,
starting to get a no start issue.

Seems like a starter issue, meaning there's a tick noise and no rotation action happening- just silence. Still have electricity


Tryng to gather a list of things to check to find my bug

Parts I've previously changed
1. Alternator//battery/starter
2. fuses- checked through/ none burnt

Could I have a bad starter?
seems weird for a new starter to fail now after doing so good for the first month or two from being changed
 

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These cars a sensitive to voltage. So bad grounds can be a culprit. Are you pitching any error codes?
 
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These cars a sensitive to voltage. So bad grounds can be a culprit. Are you pitching any error codes?


I don't have any error codes,
I'm having a sneaking suspicion that it's the ground for the starter
 

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I don't have any error codes,
I'm having a sneaking suspicion that it's the ground for the starter
Could be. I would suggest cleaning one ground terminal at a time to see which one fixes it. There are many related to the starting system starting at the battery. You could just go about cleaning everything but I prefer the one-at-time method so I know when I hit paydirt.
 
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Could be. I would suggest cleaning one ground terminal at a time to see which one fixes it. There are many related to the starting system starting at the battery. You could just go about cleaning everything but I prefer the one-at-time method so I know when I hit paydirt.

Found the culprit-
The ground on the starter needed to be tightened ever so slightly.

Drove around for a bit, then had the same issue, but this time there was zero electricity,
I didn't tighten the ground to the battery back tight enough, and got my power back
Those grounds will get ya
 


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