Help with an intermittent starter problem
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Help with an intermittent starter problem
I have an 04 F150 FX4. This truck has always been dependable. I have right at 474,000 miles on it and it has never had any actual problems until now.
The truck will randomly not start. You hit the key and everything comes to life like it should but the starter wont do anything. I originally thought it may have been the starter, but the 2nd or 3rd time it happened I was moving the key slowly back from the start position to the run position and the starter kicked in. So I figured it was the electrical part of the ignition switch. Installed a new switch and all seemed good and 4 days later the same thing.
My next thought was the starter since the solenoid is on it I thought it may have been a bad starter or solenoid. With that replaced I felt like it was handled and 3 days later, I go out to the truck,and no start. And when I say this is random, it is very random. The truck wouldn't start this morning, but I am willing to bet that it will start when I get home this evening. I am probably missing something very obvious, but I haven't found it yet.
The truck will randomly not start. You hit the key and everything comes to life like it should but the starter wont do anything. I originally thought it may have been the starter, but the 2nd or 3rd time it happened I was moving the key slowly back from the start position to the run position and the starter kicked in. So I figured it was the electrical part of the ignition switch. Installed a new switch and all seemed good and 4 days later the same thing.
My next thought was the starter since the solenoid is on it I thought it may have been a bad starter or solenoid. With that replaced I felt like it was handled and 3 days later, I go out to the truck,and no start. And when I say this is random, it is very random. The truck wouldn't start this morning, but I am willing to bet that it will start when I get home this evening. I am probably missing something very obvious, but I haven't found it yet.
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