Strange behaviour when starting

[petes_86lxi]

Hi, I've been having this problem when starting my car for awhile. It doesn't happen all the time, maybe about every other day, and has been going on for 6 months. Sometimes, when I try to start my car, instead of turning over, it goes: crank- bang! bang! bang! I'll try this a couple of times, then maybe after the third or fourth try, it starts up perfectly. I have no other issues with this car. Has anyone ever heard of this? Thanks.

[shepherd79]

hmmm, that is strange. take the car to autozone and let them check your electrical system.
when it goes bang-bang-bang, is it metal to metal sound?

[petes_86lxi]

it's a deep metalic sound.

[shepherd79]

hmmm, the only thing comes to my mind is bad starter or somehow you lost a few teeth of the flywheel or (starter plate if you have auto tranny)