YACT: No response when I turn the key :(

[Injury]

1997 Nissan Sentra... Mexican model, since the dealership always asks.

Tonight I was leaving work and my car wouldn't start. I turned the key and everything electical turned on, CD player started playing, lights came on. I didn't leave my lights on or anything. I'm up to par with my oil. Oil level was fine and still an amber color. No leaks, no dummy lights.

I get no response from it, no sounds, it's not turning over. I guy I work with said it was probably the starter solinoid(sp) or the Master? Relay... said it MIGHT be a fuse, buy doubtful. (His other job is as a GM technician)

Really what I'm asking is what could it possibly (even worst case scenarios) and how much will it cost. Running tight on the money. Just paid $300 yesterday to have the callipers and rotors replaced, was planning on giving it a wash and deep clean before the winter tomorrow and now it's stuck at the parking lot at work. Just didn't feel like having it towed tonight. 🙁

Thanks for any help, it's much appreciated. 🙂

 

[Heisenberg]

Starter solenoid is a good guess, as is a relay somewhere. Relays are pretty cheap, but starters/solenoids can run into a couple hundred pretty easily depending on what exactly they replace. Plus you always have labor to pay if you have a shop fix it. Something simple you can check right away are the battery cables. Make sure they're tight and not corroded.

 

[shekondar]

Dead battery.

 

[vegetation]

Battery. May have enough power for lights but not enough juice to even start cranking. If that's the original battery, then it's definitely worth looking into.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: vegetation
Battery. May have enough power for lights but not enough juice to even start cranking. If that's the original battery, then it's definitely worth looking into.

Yup. Try a simple jump start and see if the car starts to crank over. This will be a cheap test to tell you if you need a battery.

 

[bengorkor]

Starter, my car had a similiar problem a few months ago.

 

[richardycc]

do you have an alarm with starter kill in the car? maybe that part is messed up.