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[alejmarin]

Hello everyone I have a 2006 Challenger 180 CS I kept the boat inside my garage, and flush it every time I used it!! I did change the battery thinking that would resolve the problem, I can ear a little buzzing noise like the starter over the engine area. I did start the boat about a month a go and everything was in working order but I left the battery switch in the ON position, when I try to restart the motor the battery was to weak, I bought the new one and now the engine won't start.

[Kevin Leclair]

How do the connection points to the battery terminals look, any corrosion? Are you sure you are getting a good connection?

[alejmarin]

hey kevin thanks for replying so quickly,
the connectors on the battery look good, the cables are ok and everything electrically on the boat is working perfectly. I thought it was the starter button and I tried to bridge it. That was not the problem. when i push the starter button i hear a buzzing noise, but very lightly on the engine area. do you have any ideas on how to troubleshoot this? and like i mentioned before, i maintain the boat indoors and everything is new. last time i used it was like 8 months ago, but once a month i always start the engine, with water off course, to let it run for a few minutes. I tried to use it two days ago and i thought it was the battery, because i left the battery switch in "on" position. thank you

[Kevin Leclair]

Typically when you hear a light buzzing noise it means the engine is not getting enough "juice" from the battery to start the engine. This is very strange if you have put in a new battery already though. Our 160 Speedster use to do this when the battery was almost dead after sitting all season, we would hook a jump box to the battery and it would fire right up.

Do you get any "beeps" on top of the light buzzing when you try to start it?
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[Macatawa]

Spark plug change? last year I could not start my 03 GTX with original plugs, it kept running worse and worse; put in new plugs and bam! fired right up!

[Captainron]

I also have a 180 2006 Challenger that has an inconsistent start  and no start operation.  Could this be the start button itself that needs replacing?