Owner reviews for starter motor

Thank you all for the tips and advice. I've ordered a Denso (OEM) starter. I'm relived we ruled out the flywheel.

I've put 100k on my 2.4 Accord Coupe 6 speed, and other than the infamous starter problem, I've had to do nothing to it.

I ignored this warning on my ranger. 30 yr old car and a now 5 year old starter and I've had no issues

Do change the battery anyway each 5 years and thankfully my car is a Honda so it has a very high quality alternator made by Denso and starter motor made by Mitsuba

The starter on my 12' began going out so I go a Duralast reman. for about $160 at AutoZone. There's a few helpful vids on YouTube, and it's not too bad of a job. It took me about 90 minutes and you might want to have some socket extensions and maybe a wobble joint. Overall pretty doable for a busy dad with young kids on a Sunday.

I did an oil change and replaced my starter because my started had gone out after 270,000 miles.

Over the years I've read that the Element starter can start to go bad with just slightly different than normal reasons - most usual is a clicking or the car just not turning over.

the starter actually failed at 35,000km

Every single ford focus ive replaced transmissions on, that stud breaks. Every. Single. Time.

Brittle starters