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They want $514 for an oem so I went with a Denso hopefully it works, it was around $330
Pros: cheaper than OEM
A reman Denso starter is a reasonable compromise.
Pros: reasonable compromise
Vehicle:
Honda Accord
Mine did the same thing recently. I would turn the key and everything would light up, car would act normal, but the starter wouldn’t engage. I replaced the starter with a reman Denso unit off of RockAuto and I’ve been good to go since.
Pros: easy job to do
Vehicle:
Toyota
Thank you all for the tips and advice. I've ordered a Denso (OEM) starter. I'm relived we ruled out the flywheel.
Pros: relieved, ruled out flywheel
I agree with the other fellow, your OEM starter is goin to be much more robust than what you buy.
Pros: much more robust
If it's OE it is Denso and worth keeping compared to the parts stores garbage.
Pros: worth keeping, robust
Cons: parts stores garbage
My experience with a failing starter on a 2nd gen was slow cranking. I initially thought battery, even had the parts store test and tell me the battery was bad (they were wrong). After battery replacement the symptoms remained. Got a reman Denso starter, that fixed it.
Pros: fixed the problem, slow cranking resolved
a bit(a lot actually) of internet research got me a denso clone(looks like a hi torq) meant for a kubota tractor.
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
Mine has done this on my '23 Arteon a couple of times. Mine has even went so far as not wanting to start with the start button! Acted like the starter was dead.
Cons: starter acted dead
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I assumed my starter was going out so I replaced it with a new Denso one and it fixed the issue for maybe two weeks. After that it started to not crank first try and would take a while, now it’s almost every time I start it, it takes a while. I hear the starter spin and click every time so I assume it’s just not engaging the flywheel.
Pros: fixed issue for two weeks
Cons: issue returned, not engaging flywheel
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