Intermittent starter motor failure to turn over
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Intermittent starter motor failure to turn over
Gentlemen,
2000 XP, 5.4l, auto.
A couple motnhs ago when it was real real cold the starter motor wouldn't turn over in the morning. Just 'click'. But if I re-tried the key a few times eventually it would turn over. Once it warmed up it would turn over first try the rest of the day.
At first I thought it was dying. But then the weather warmed up and it stopped doing that. Just started just fine every morning. So I thought maybe something to do with th ecold - some water got in and froze????
BUT - this week - we're above freezing - and the problem is back. Exact same behaviour.
Intersting detail - the time I turn the key that it does turn over, often the door locks flip as if I'd hit the lock/unlock button.
I'd simply replace the starter motor, but before I do that I'm curous if this sounds like anything else anyone recognizes.
Thanks.
2000 XP, 5.4l, auto.
A couple motnhs ago when it was real real cold the starter motor wouldn't turn over in the morning. Just 'click'. But if I re-tried the key a few times eventually it would turn over. Once it warmed up it would turn over first try the rest of the day.
At first I thought it was dying. But then the weather warmed up and it stopped doing that. Just started just fine every morning. So I thought maybe something to do with th ecold - some water got in and froze????
BUT - this week - we're above freezing - and the problem is back. Exact same behaviour.
Intersting detail - the time I turn the key that it does turn over, often the door locks flip as if I'd hit the lock/unlock button.
I'd simply replace the starter motor, but before I do that I'm curous if this sounds like anything else anyone recognizes.
Thanks.
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Ya, OK - go back to basics. On my 79 F250 I'd go straight to corroded connections or battery posts. But the XP's got a 2-year old Optima gel-cell battery in it, new (reman) starter last fall, and a brand new OEM Ford starter wiring harness - so I hadn't thought about any of that possibly being faulty. But I'll go over it.
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