06 mazda 3 intermittent no crank

[69buick]

93K auto 2.0L - 3 times in the last week the car will not crank over. 1st time we thought is was a fluke. It acts like a neutral safety switch is not being made to engage starter solonoid. Or possibly starter solonoid is failing. If you play wih the steering wheel and move the shifter around a little so far it has started right up but something is failing and we are going to get stuck. Next time it fails I told the wife to place it in neutral to see if it cranks over. Anyone run into this before?

The car does have some type of factory alarm but it's a very low tech unit.

Thks

 

[69buick]

Just found a service bulletin on this

Bulletin 01-037/08

Subject: Starter motor will not crank and engine does not start (intermittently).

Sounds like they have a known problem with corrosion on the wire to the "S" terminal of starter.

 

[69buick]

no start update

Did the starter wire repair which did shows signs of corrosion but it didn't fix the problem. Noticed the P indicator did not iluminate green when car would not crank. Went to dealer and purchased a nuetral safety switch $ 65.00 which is called something else by Mazda. Mounts on transmission where shift cable goes thru and so far working.

 

[vladjan]

check the fuel pressure, i had a similiar thing. i was loosing pressure in the fuel pump

 

[69buick]

Update

check the fuel pressure, i had a similiar thing. i was loosing pressure in the fuel pump

Yes, I could under stand that but that was not my case as I could hear my fuel pump come on. It's been starting fine now since the neutral safety switch replacement.