Ok I just bought this 2001 Nissan xterra, drove fine within a week and then it died on me and left me stranded in the mountains. Wont turn over at all, but is getting power. Tried jumping but wouldn't start. Battery cables weren't loose or corroded. Tow truck guy checked the starter and said it spun but wasn't engaging. Towed back home and it started right up. Drove it the next day seems fine then went back to start it again nothing. Just died completely. I'm getting all the power but engine does not want to turn over. It got me confused so I got under the car and tapped the starter but still nothing. Battery and terminals are fine. So I replaced the starter and still no sign of engine turning over. Just the sound of the solenoid. I am at a dead end. Please brighten my day. What in the world is wrong with it?
Check the cleanliness and tightness of the battery terminals. Loosen, twist and retighten them. Also check the cleanliness and tightness of the black earth cable where it attaches to the engine block/bodywork. A bad earth can cause the symptoms you describe.
A quick check you can do is to connect a jump cable to the battery negative terminal - the earth - and connect the other end of the cable to somewhere suitable on the engine/bodywork.
If the car starts no problem with the jumper cable - it's pointing towards a bad earth/connection somewhere on the battery earth
SOURCE: '01 Nissan Xterra won't turn over starter, after trying to start the headlights flash.
starter possibly going bad
SOURCE: 2004 Nissan Xterra. Battery died and now the radio will not turn
Hi, check the fuse box for a blown fuse in the radio slot. sometimes during jumps, this fuse will blow.
SOURCE: After changing the starter and alternator and
Check and make sure you are getting power to the ignition switch and to the stator wire on the starter. Turn the key on and and measure the volts going to the starter on both wires. You should a atleast 12 volts going to the stator wire and to the main wire from the battery. If you are not getting power there it could be a fuseable link in the power wire from the ignition. I noticed that you replaced the ignition switch make sure the rod from the key switch has not come out of the switch.
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