starting issue
 

Hi, im new to these forums and this is my first post. I have a 1992 sc400 that I bought last october. it had 44000 original miles on it when I bought it, And I just now turned 50000 miles. the last couple of months I have had intermitant starting problems. usualy very slow and slugish starts and some times needing a jump. when trying to leave work today the starter just clicked and would not start. tried jumping it and it still would not start. had my brother in law bring a new battery out and still have the same prblem just clicks when you try to turn it over. also i noticed that the negative side to the battery termanal gets very hot to the truch after trying to start the car. any advise would be very helpfull, to be honest im very worried because I have heard that it costs a small fortune to repace the starter, and I dont make that much money. the car has been wonderfull otherwise, though I kind of hoped for a little better accelaration off the line.

Check all your connections (especially ground cable and starter), alternator output (make sure it is really charging the battery). If all that stuff is good, also check the battery. Even a "new" battery could be undercharged or even bad.

Most of all, do a search here on CL, you will find a bunch of different experiences with this issue.

Good Luck,

Tim