Help! This afternoon my trusty 1997 Maxima SE just up and DIED on me at while out running errands. For about 3 months, when starting the car first thing in the morning the starter would make a kind of dragging noise. As if the Bendix drive was staying engaged too long. It normally only did it once a day. I have been busy with my other project cars and had pushed the starter issue onto the WAY back burner. Now it's come back to bite me in the bum. Today while running some stop and go errands it finally just did not want to start. At first it rolled over slowly then all it would do is click. I thought I had a dead battery or bad / corroded battery terminal connections. I removed, cleaned and reconnected the battery cables. This made no difference. I had someone with a large truck attempt give me a boost. (Tried multiple ground points, etc) Again, it made no difference. The starter would no longer even attempt to turn over the engine. I checked the fuses under the dash and hood. I also checked the starter relay under the hood. No problem.
HELP! I really don't want to have to spend my day tomorrow changing the starter on my Max.
Thanks, Karl N.