My Outback has about 116K miles on it and in the last couple of weeks, I've been having trouble starting my car. When the get the key to the "Start" position, I can hear the relay clicking, but the motor does not start up. AFter a few trys, it might start up. The problem is intermittent though, as I have been able to start it twice this week
I am a novice, and my efforts to take the starter motor out were not successful. The nuts that mount the starter motor to the engine are too tight and I spent 3 hrs before giving up!
Does anyone know
1) If The starter is the probable culprit 2) Cost to get this changed at the mechanic? One of the guys I called said about $250-$300. Sounds like a lot, given that the starter itself is about $125 (from autozone). Maybe it is 2-3 hrs of labourThanks for your suggestions in advance.
Regards Ravi