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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mcglsr2" data-source="post: 1351658" data-attributes="member: 15705">I hear what you are saying, but if you are correct about the starter clicks just once and nothing after that, then the issue is either:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Battery</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alternator</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Starter</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cables</li> </ul>It sounds like you have changed most of it.  To me, it sounds like a dead battery or dead starter.  Is it possible for your car to not start even though it is being jumped due to a dead battery?  Yes and no.  I've had it happen before.  Turned out the car that was doing the jumping didn't have enough oomph to jump the car that was dead.  It's hard to tell what's going on without being there, which is why I was trying to start with measuring the voltage on the battery.  If the voltage there sucks, you know, at a minimum, that your battery is dead.  Either need a new one or recharge it (and if it's fully discharged it might be totally done, may not hold a charge again).  To try to figure this out in a logical manner, I need to start somewhere.  And a good place to always start is with the battery.</blockquote>