ed-gsxr

starter sticking. same issue on my S but i just ignored it since my doesnt do it all the time.

vishes

I find mine does it on cold mornings or if my car hasn't been started in a while..

CoolGuy094

Yes and yes... mine is guaranteed to do it if I haven't driven the car in a while as well as when it is cold outside. Over the summer when I was frequently driving the car I haven't been getting it at all. Now that the weather is cooling down and my car sat for a bit, I got it for the first time in a while the other day.

From everything that I have read on these forums, it is not an issue that will cause harm to your trans or starter. People have been operating just fine with the noise for years. It also seems that the only way to fix it is to replace the starter OR to remove the starter, disassemble it, and attempt to lube it up internally. I tried to lube an external surface while my transmission was off for a clutch change, but it did nothing.

djaft3rb3ats

thank you all for the reply, it puts me at ease knowing that its nothing too horrific.

rmk232

I want to bash heads everytime my car does this. Its fall now so it just loves doing this.

El S2000

Yep it's that time of the year where it gets cooler in the mornings. I bet a few more of these threads pop up in the next couple weeks. This happeneds to mine randomly in the winter too majority of the time is the cold mornings. As others said its the starter not disengaging right away after the car starting. The engine spins it for tha second making the sound.

Edit: i suck at typing on a phone