1996 Blazer Starter Relay

Follow the thick positive battery cable. It will lead you right to it. Might be mounted on the starter itself. There's another starter relay, a small one that controls the big one, and it might be in the fusebox. Little black box with four terminals. If there are more than one with the same part number, switching them might make the starter go. Or stop. We have a '96 Astro that had a stuck starter, and this little relay had frozen closed. The fusebox is under the hood on the left fender well.

Dan

Follow the thick positive battery cable. It will lead you right to it. Might be mounted on the starter itself.

Dan

There isn't a starter relay on a 96 Blazer. There's a starter solenoid. It's bolted to the starter. Most come with a new/rebuilt starters come with it. The starter is a little bit of a pain to R&R, so you just replace both. The two relays in the glove box, behind the cover are an A.C. Clutch relay and the other is the Fuel Pump relay.

The guy I talked to about it said he had replaced the starter relays on the blazers a couple times and the part store has one listed for it.... not sure what the deal is

willy wrote:

You will find it at the center rear engine compartment. I assume on firewall. If that does not get it post back what it is doing or not doing. Good Luck MT

Found it.... Exactly where you said, rear of engine on the firewall. There were 3 identical relays back there so had to do a little trial and error unplugging and replugging to find which one controlled the starter. Hopefully this will fix the problem. Was having intermittent non-starting, no cranking, no solenoid click, nothing. But only happens sometimes.

MT-2500 wrote:

If that does not do it. The next time it quits check the starter solenoid small wire with a test light for getting 12 volts to it. Make sure all grounds and battery cables and ends are good and also check the side post bolts for being tight and clean. If it is getting good 12 volts to it and the battery cables are good. Try the old tap test on the bottom of the starter. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

replying to the_graphic1, Larry Herzog Jr. wrote: Left, middle, or right?? (viewing from the front of the vehicle)

I have the same problem!!!