atf07

I recently got a 350z and it's been an incredible car up until recently - I went to turn it on a few nights ago and it started with no issues, but about 30 seconds later(I was still in my driveway) it just shut off and now it refuses to turn back on. I figured maybe the battery was bad(the voltage was below 12, and it was 5 years old and cheap to begin with) so I went ahead and replaced that but it didn't seem to make a difference. All of the electronics in the car, radio, nav, etc all get power just fine.
The car just clicks when the key is turned, it doesn't crank at all.
Here's a video of the noise it makes:
Any ideas?

pr_350z

might be a bad starter, check fuses first.

atf07

fuses look good, just got done checking them. if it's the starter, why would it have died 30 seconds after being turned on? I'm somewhat mechanically challenged but that doesn't seem like it'd be related

pr_350z

Oh sorry you're right, my last thought would be bad alternator, since it seems to not be able to recharge the battery and drains it out.

atf07

i thought that too but I did put a brand new battery in and it still does the same thing, doesn't crank or anything. I figured it if it was the alternator it would at least start/crank and then die

pr_350z

I'm out of ideas then, probably someone more mechanically wise might have a solution, good luck!

atf07

hopefully I'm so lost without this car haha. thanks for trying, appreciate it.

350zchad

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Nvm

myork

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Check your connections to the battery.
Also just as a precaution - check the fusible link (hopefully you didnt try to remove it, or that is your problem).

atf07

all of the connections to the battery seem good. tight, no corrosion. fusible link seems good too.

pr_350z

hello, I know remember that i had a AT car that would do the same thing(its been so long that I barely remember) there is a switch(kinda like a sensor actually) its called the neutral safety switch, might want to check that, and the positive terminal fuses there are like 5 of them(have to change whole positive terminal for the 350z from what I remember). If not maybe a mechanic might be the next best option.

atf07

tried manually cranking it, just turns a bit and then stops, feels like it's being blocked. there's a dragging noise so I'm pretty sure something is loose internally

atf07

never did pull the engine apart, but there was something preventing it from cranking more then 90 degrees or so in either direction. new engine in the car now and everything is great, I'm just incredibly confused as to how this happened - car had 70100 miles on it at the time which seems very, very low for something as major as this to be happening