429CJ-3X2
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- Joined
- November 6, 2009
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- City, State
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '01,'02, '04 Sport Tracs,
2004 Sport Trac - my daughter's driving it while her Kia is in the shop. This morning she made a stop on her way to work and the truck wouldn't restart. The relay clicks, but it wouldn't turn over. The battery has occasionally shown signs of needing to be replaced. It's almost 5 years old. I bought a new battery and got to the truck 2 hours+ after she called. (She was a mile from work, so her boss came and got her.) I got in and the truck fired right up as it was, without me doing anything but turn the key. I moved it from the pregnant mom's parking to a better spot to work on it.
I checked the battery with a digital meter, and got 12.48 volts. With the truck running, it was 14.19. I shut the engine off, and the voltage dropped from 12.72 to 12.50 in a couple of minutes, so I replaced the battery. Started right up. I went into the store for about 5 minutes, came out and tried to start the truck. The relay clicked, but no crank. I replaced the original positive cable end, which wouldn't tighten around the post sufficiently, although it was tight when I checked it after changing the battery. Truck started right up. I shut it off, tried to restart, and it wouldn't crank again. Relay clicked, but no crank.
Seeing a pattern of it starting after it sits for 15 minutes or so, and not knowing what else to do, I left it for an hour. When I got back and turned the key, it fired right up just like I expected. Shut it off and tried to restart, and get the click at the relay, but no crank. My daughter called just as I got back to the truck, so I told her that I think it will start when she gets off work, but don't shut it off until she gets to my house. It's in a grocery store parking lot 12 miles from home.
This is the truck that has the device that bypasses PATS, but I don't think that's the problem since the relay gets juice.
When the engine cranks, it cranks over like it should - no starter strain, drag, or hesitation, so it doesn't seem like a starter problem. It just won't crank at all within 15 minutes or so after it's been shut off. I'm at a loss!
I checked the battery with a digital meter, and got 12.48 volts. With the truck running, it was 14.19. I shut the engine off, and the voltage dropped from 12.72 to 12.50 in a couple of minutes, so I replaced the battery. Started right up. I went into the store for about 5 minutes, came out and tried to start the truck. The relay clicked, but no crank. I replaced the original positive cable end, which wouldn't tighten around the post sufficiently, although it was tight when I checked it after changing the battery. Truck started right up. I shut it off, tried to restart, and it wouldn't crank again. Relay clicked, but no crank.
Seeing a pattern of it starting after it sits for 15 minutes or so, and not knowing what else to do, I left it for an hour. When I got back and turned the key, it fired right up just like I expected. Shut it off and tried to restart, and get the click at the relay, but no crank. My daughter called just as I got back to the truck, so I told her that I think it will start when she gets off work, but don't shut it off until she gets to my house. It's in a grocery store parking lot 12 miles from home.
This is the truck that has the device that bypasses PATS, but I don't think that's the problem since the relay gets juice.
When the engine cranks, it cranks over like it should - no starter strain, drag, or hesitation, so it doesn't seem like a starter problem. It just won't crank at all within 15 minutes or so after it's been shut off. I'm at a loss!