{"id":56919,"date":"2019-05-05T09:41:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T14:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=56919"},"modified":"2026-02-12T08:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:52:18","slug":"no-crank-no-start-2004-saturn-ion-solved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/05\/no-crank-no-start-2004-saturn-ion-solved","title":{"rendered":"No Crank, No Start 2004 Saturn Ion &#8211; SOLVED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2003-saturn-ion.jpg\" alt=\"Saturn Ion\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2003-saturn-ion.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2003-saturn-ion-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have a 04 Saturn Ion, manual transmission, 2.2 ecotec engine. I have a no start, no crank issue. At first it was only occasionally that it wouldn&#8217;t crank, but lately it has become more frequent. When turning the key there is no sounds\/clicks, just nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Being a manual I am able to start the car with the push start method and after starting it runs fine. But after tuning it off it won&#8217;t crank again.<\/p>\n<p>I have checked that battery and it&#8217;s only a year old and fine. I have also replaced the ignition switch and reset the pass lock.<\/p>\n<p>What else could be causing this issue?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Faulty Starter would be the most common cause of this issue.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/nostart.html\"><strong>No Start Diagnostics Chart<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The video shows another cause that may be the root of the problem. Turns out there is a ground wire that is inside the starter wiring harness that tends to become brittle and break.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Saturn Ion 2.2 Ecotec No Start No Crank FIXED\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_wRFX0Ejg780\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FwRFX0Ejg780%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wRFX0Ejg780\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT5M26S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2016-01-17T21:28:36Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_wRFX0Ejg780\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FwRFX0Ejg780%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Saturn Ion 2.2 Ecotec No Start No Crank FIXED<\/div><\/div><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"play\"><\/button><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wRFX0Ejg780\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FwRFX0Ejg780%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Saturn Ion 2.2 Ecotec No Start No Crank FIXED\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"If this video was helpful, consider donating :) Paypal - https:\/\/paypal.me\/chadwilliams89 Cash App - https:\/\/cash.app\/&#36;chadwilliamsfixesall Venmo - https:\/\/www.venmo.com\/u\/chadwilliams06 This video is on a Saturn Ion that has a 2.2 Ecotec engine that would not crank. This fix is for similar models like Chevrolet Cavalier, Malibu, Pontiac Grand Am, Sunfire, Saturn L-Series, Vue and other models.The problem was with a cable that was suppose to be grounded to the engine that was rusted apart of the eyelets. Please watch the video for the fix! Please like and subscribe!!!!\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a 04 Saturn Ion, manual transmission, 2.2 ecotec engine. I have a no start, no crank issue. At first it was only occasionally that it wouldn&#8217;t crank, but lately it has become more frequent. When turning the key there is no sounds\/clicks, just nothing. Being a manual I am able to start the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/05\/no-crank-no-start-2004-saturn-ion-solved\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">No Crank, No Start 2004 Saturn Ion &#8211; SOLVED<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,62],"tags":[355,13],"class_list":["post-56919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-saturn","tag-no-crank","tag-no-start"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83614,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56919\/revisions\/83614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}