Engine won’t turn over after it has been driven and is warmed up

[Shawn Logan]

Got an 03 Saturn ion 2.2 and the car starts and runs great. I keep it very well maintained and it has a little over 275000 miles on it now. The other day I came home from work picked up my son from school turned the car off and suddenly the car wouldn’t even crank over. I jumped it and it started right up so I went and replaced the battery figuring I wasn’t getting enough cranking amps. Today I ran the exact same scenario and sure enough the car once again wouldn’t turn over but fired immediately when I put a jump to it. There is no check engine light on and no codes to be ran because there’s no light on anybody have any ideas at all?

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[Richard Kirshy]

Faulty cable(s)
Faulty starter relay
Faulty starter solenoid
faulty starter

[Sam Roodman]

Clean and tighten the battery cables/terminals. Check Starter, associated relays, solenoid systems. Check ignition switch (I know yours is a saturn but hondas of certain vintages had ignition switches that would fail)

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