Need Advice on my weird starter situation this morning. Please comment!!

[Luke0331]

I think I may have a starter issue? I'm a new raptor owner and have only had the truck for 5 days so I'm not 100% familiar with everything yet but I had a weird situation this morning. I tried to start the truck with the remote start and it wouldn't turn on. It would simply honk once for the truck locking and then nothing. Tried that about 4 times and nothing so I walk over to the truck and try to turn it on and nothing. No crank, no start, no clicking noises nothing at all. All interior functions turn on, alarm works, windows up and down, ac, etc.

I just did the fuse 27 two days ago so I figure something went wrong there, checked it and everything is good. Verified with a multi-meter that there was power to the fuses.
Multi-meter on the battery showed good charge.

Disconnected everything (battery terminals, fuse box power wires), waited 15 min re-connected and still nothing. Then I went ahead and did the same thing, and this time I dove under the truck and tapped the starter a few times, waited another 15 minutes, reconnected everything and BOOM truck starts right up.

Turned it on and off half a dozen times, drove a few miles, turned it on and off again and fires right up every single time with no issues. Remote start also works every time.
I'm assuming my starter is on its way out? I went to O'Riellys and had them use the tool they have to verify the battery was good, starter was good, and alternator was good.

Did I inadvertently put the truck in some sort of lock mode when I was messing with the remote start too many times or should I just replace the starter before it ***** the bed? Any and all advice is welcome. Truck is a 2012. 172k miles.

 

[mike1307]

HI. Mine has same symptoms except I didn't tap the starter yet and it starts every time I disconnect/ reconnect the batt. Do you have any codes?

 

[Luke0331]

HI. Mine has same symptoms except I didn't tap the starter yet and it starts every time I disconnect/ reconnect the batt. Do you have any codes?

I need to get ForScan downloaded and check. No CEL at the moment, unsure of codes until I get it hooked up which i will try to do tonight once it’s not so hot out. I’ll post on here if I do.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

fuse 27 is a crank but no start. im thinking something else. could be a starter or something with communication to the ecm

 

[Luke0331]

Where should I start looking? @The Car Stereo Company . Really weird because now the truck is doing the exact same issue. I drove it last 3 hours ago after the issue initially started. Now its the same thing. Disconnected the battery for approx 15 min and tried again and nothing. I have a video of what the truck is doing too. Let me see if I can attach it.

 

[GCATX]

Go bang on the starter again and see if it goes. If so, def the starter. We just had to put one in my kids 2010. That top bolt is a MF'er! LOL

 

[Luke0331]

UPDATE:


First off thank you @The Car Stereo Company you are an absolute stud for helping me through this process. With his help, I finally think that I found the issue. I believe that my starter solenoid is broken. I am able to move one of the posts on the solenoid back and forth a little bit as if its broken on the inside. I am attaching a youtube video which is not mine, but describes the EXACT same thing that I am seeing with my starter solenoid.
To verify that it might be the issue, i disconnected that post entirely and of course truck will not crank and will not start. I then reconnect the wires and the truck DOES start. I think that earlier in the day, i may have just wiggled the wires inadvertently when I went to give the starter a few taps and thats how I was able to start the truck. with Noah's help I was able to confirm that all of the fuses in teh engine bay fuse box are getting proper voltage at crank and thus eliminating that as a potential possibility. I think when the truck sits for a long time since its cold enough the wires inside of the solenoid contract enough or the metal does to cause it to not conduct and thus not turn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=kOlLYmP9ezM

 

[Luke0331]

Go bang on the starter again and see if it goes. If so, def the starter. We just had to put one in my kids 2010. That top bolt is a MF'er! LOL

Check the update i just posted. Im almost sure its that. Gonna replace that this week or next!