V6 Pontiac Fiero electrical problem?

[lilblackfiero]

The other day I went to the store and my car ran fine. When I left the store the power came on and everything worked but the starter wouldn't crank, so I had the car towed home. I got under the car and shorted the wires on the starter solenoid and the car started, so I started tearing apart the steering column and checked out all of the wires and fuses and everything to see if anything was, loose, broken or shorted out. I saw no problems visually. I should mention that I noticed that the horn and trunk release switch stopped working at the same time. After about 3 hours of messing around on it I decided to just put the thing back together and call a shop to look at it. I decided to give the key one last turn and the car turned over and started, even though I didn't fix or change anything. I checked the horn and truck release button and they were working again as well. For the time being my car is back to normal, but I have a feeling it will do this again. Any ideas what the problem is?

 

[daddyporky@verizon.net]

clean the battery terminals and post.. and make shure the water level is ok..

 

[Bert from Brandon]

These had many electrical problems.
Sounds like a bad ground from your engine to the frame, or battery to the frame.

 

[CARL G H]

it certainly will! you have a loose connection somewhere or a dirty one that you managed to jiggle when you were messing with the dash. a diiferent wire goes from the stater switch (ignition) than the one that triggers the starter to spinits from a different post even on the starter switch