Car not starting in the cold mornings... HELP!

[weirdichi]

1998 Corolla LE
150k Miles
Auto Tranny
Location is Corvallis, OR

So basically, my friend's car has a hard time starting when it's cold (around freezing temps, 30 degrees). She tries a couple times and after that, it starts fine. Battery has been changed last couple of years. Spark plugs are new within the last 6 months. Battery light doesn't come one when she's driving or when she's idle. There is not clicking sound when she turns the key either. I'm thinking it could be a bad fuse.

Any other diagnosis of this? Thanks in advance.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Sticky starter solenoid?
Maybe a bad ground connection?
I would say check the battery cables for corrosion and then check the ground cable to make sure it isn't corroded.
After that I would consider that the starter solenoid is just sticky from age.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Sticky starter solenoid

 

[sonoma1993]

Originally posted by: weirdichi
1998 Corolla LE
150k Miles
Auto Tranny
Location is Corvallis, OR

So basically, my friend's car has a hard time starting when it's cold (around freezing temps, 30 degrees). She tries a couple times and after that, it starts fine. Battery has been changed last couple of years. Spark plugs are new within the last 6 months. Battery light doesn't come one when she's driving or when she's idle. There is not clicking sound when she turns the key either. I'm thinking it could be a bad fuse.

Any other diagnosis of this? Thanks in advance.

what the cold cranking amps on the battery?

 

[Colt45]

what happens during the "She tries a couple times" part?

 

[LTC8K6]

I'd be looking at the solenoid and the connections to the solenoid first.

An odd thing that it could also be is the neutral/park start switch on the shifter/linkage.

 

[Epic22]

distributor problem?