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Old 10-02-07, 08:49   #6 (permalink)
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Cool Re: Basic Mechanical Questions

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Originally Posted by Gmq
...every now and then when she puts the key in the ignition and turn the key and she gets nothing but a faint click, no tick tick tick tick tick(which I figure would indicate a starter problem), nada, but turn another time or two, it eventually starts as normal, what's likely the problem? ....
My truck was doing exactly that a few weeks ago.

Turned the key, heard the click, none of the lights dimmed but starter didn’t engage or crank. After a few tries it would eventually engage and crank strong.

It was a bad starter. My mechanic said it was a common failure mode for certain Nippon Denso starters.


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