ahron

The key swiveled in the ignition and all I noticed was a very slight dimming of the dashboard lights and a single slight "click!" noise from under the hood.

I do not think the problem is a dead battery. Nothing appears to have been left on that would account for a lack of juice. moreover, after the car would not start, I turned on the headlights to check the battery power and they were still burning bright white. All accessories work.

Please, please advise. Car has been bulletproof reliable up until now. Always started up instantly.

Outside temps have been heating up lately, if that means anything. It hit 80 degrees today after a long winter.

Is it the starter? Is this how a starter goes? pfft? just like that?

Sorry if this is the same post I added to my old post from last year but I realize the title of the older post would be misleading to someone.

Thank you all.

X-Ray

Regardless of the fact that she has a ford vehicle my mother had the exact same problem with her ford explorer
turns out the armature in the starter went bad
i would recommend taking the starter off (they are really easy to get to) and take it to an auto parts store like advance auto parts or auto zone and they can test your starter to make sure its working
but to me it sounds just like that particular problem
hope that helps