I go into walmart for less than 5 min and come back to my car to leave and it doesnt start. my volt meter is at 12 but i get no crank at all.

Could it be my starter?

or a new battery?

 

do you get the click clickety click click sound? do your lights and radio work?

 

CEL? i swear these has happened to many twice already (with no CEL). All i do is let the car sit for a while then try again and it rtarts...its almost as if the engine was flooded and needed time to dry.

 

Coolant temp sensor usually causes this. It takes a crap and gives false readings to the computer. The car needs different fuel mixtures for cold vs hot starting and if the ECU gets a bad read from the CTS and fuels wrong, the car won't start. Cheap part ($20ish) and pretty simple to change.

 

The car has no cel and my lights and radio work.
This car is giving me a headache.

 

Ohh and no click sounds from the starter

 

Check the other ignition-dependent functions - do your turn signals work with they key on? Rear defogger? And a final check - take off the lower dash panel under the steering column. There are four power posts under there, three with red wires and one with a yellow wire. Turn the key on and check voltage at the yellow. If you have zero volts, then that's a telltale. It's sounding like your ignition switch took a crap. Mine did two weeks ago. I had no lights, no voltage at the post, no HVAC, no defogger, no turn signals. Replaced the switch and all was well again. Got it for $36 shipped from germanautoparts.com and I saw them on eBay today for $17 plus s/h. Easy to change. I'd put money on that being your issue based on what you just posted.

 

im gonna take a look at the car right now and check if all that works.
im gonna have to pull it home cuz tow truck and my car dont mix.

gotta love the low life lol

 

so now my car magically wants to start half way to my house.

anyone have an idea what this could be?

 

I have a similar problem, believe it or not. I drove 100 miles to my son's college. Parked the car, spent 2 hours there, went to start it AND, engine turned half, then nothing...full voltage, everything worked etc... it was about 100 degrees that day. So, I just decided to have my son's friends push it (I have a 5 speed), key on, popped the clutch and it started right away???? WTF right? HMMMM....So, then I stop at a red light a few miles away, I kill it, does the same thing, except this time, it has full power, nothing turns, no clicks, all my lights etc work AND MY CLUTCH FALLS to the ground????? So, I turn key off, push start the car again, drove it home, clutch fine again,....never happened again??? that was 6 months ago.....LOL