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Originally Posted by patssle
Since the cold weather hit this week...my starter has stuck a few times briefly after starting the car. It did it just a couple times last winter then never heard it again. Thankfully it only remains stuck for less than a second.
I've read about cleaning and lubricating the solenoid and that will likely fix my problem. But should I have the starter rebuilt while it's out - how long do these usually last? I'm only at 65k miles for my 2000 S so I want to say a rebuild is not necessary - but if they crap out under 100k miles then maybe it's just worth doing while I have it out.
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I took mine to a local starter and alternator rebuilder and had everything replaced on it for just over 100 dollars in a couple hours. The original was on there for 120,000+ miles so I think it did okay. The tiptronic does use a larger starter unit however. It made a few noises on start up very sporadically for about a year before it started getting more common and then I had it repaired.
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