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Starter solenoid - easy to get to & replace?

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Old 02-28-2005, 10:07 AM
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Default Starter solenoid - easy to get to & replace?

My A4 now refuses to turn over even with a fully charged battery. The lights on the dash all come up correctly but nothing more once I turn the key all the way. I'm going assume that the starter relay/solenoid is kaput, correct?

How easy is it to get to and swap out with a new one? Need to remove anything else besides the engine pan? thx.
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Default You said instrument panel lights up, but dims-out if you try to start? If this is so, then...

bad battery or loose battery or gound connection.
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Default Re: You said instrument panel lights up, but dims-out if you try to start? If this is so, then...

Nope, nothing dims and its the same even when I have the battery jumped to another car.
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Default Don't know, but I believe the starter solenoid is intregal to the starter...

at least it has been with most other cars for the past 25 years or so.
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Default I guess I meant to refer to the starter relay rather than the solenoid

..that engages the flywheel. Is the relay a separate component?
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