[johnholl]

In all likelyhood it is the starter. The only problems reacuring problems i've ever heard in the geo-prizm has been the starters.

If you have 12volts on both starter terminals [small, solenoid- large, motor] to ground when the key is turned,it is a bad starter. Most likely the solenoid, which i believe is internal.

I believe their is a rebuild kit for the solenoids assembly, and it only a few dollars. A lot of time that starter you get from the parts store is a remanufactured starter...sometimes i think they just sandblast em. Thus they only last 60 days. Sometimes their dead out of the box!

Any who, my wife starter became intermittent, then eventually it went dead. You should hear a click.

just be carefull when taking your voltage measurements...don't short anything out...And if you have the voltage, their is no need to jumper-out anything. It's a two person job... one to turn the key