What’s up with my Saturn?

Posted by Flaky-Anteater-1569@reddit | askcarguys | View on Reddit | 11 comments

Hey guys just wanted to ask some peeps who know their stuff. I’ve got a 2008 Saturn aura xe and I’ve had it for over a year and no problems whatsoever. Anyway 2 weeks ago I had stopped at a friends house and turned my car off. I was inside maybe for 15 minutes and when I came back out and tried to start it up nothing happened. No crank no nothing just dead. The radio lights and windows all still worked though and the lights on the dash came on every time. So I got a battery and came back the next day and just for the heck of it I cranked the key and it turned on. I was confused but put the new battery in anyway and hoped that was all. The next day the same exact thing happened even with the new battery, but I noticed that the first time I started it, it would turn over every single time and start right up, and also if I waited an hour after turning it off it would turn on again. However say if I drove it for over twenty minutes and then parked and turned it off, 9 times out of 10 it wouldn’t start so I took it to autozone and they tested and said my starter was bad so I put a new starter in and it kept happening so my mechanic said it could be the ignition switch so I put that in a few days ago and also put a new starter fuse in and it’s still giving me the exact same issues. Today I had an appointment and it started right up today and when I got out of my appointment after an hour later it started up again but I turned it off to go into the store and I guess I didn’t give it enough time to cool off or whatever and it didn’t start at all so I’m quite at a loss. I know it can start up reliably and it drives just fine when it’s on and even when I start it up in the morning I can turn it off and on again at least five times in a row no issues it just seems like when it heats up that’s when it’s having trouble turning over, any ideas? Thanks. I also know these cars are known for having cracked copper wires in the fuse block but I couldn’t get the dang thing open to check.