2002 Ford ranger 3.0 L. 112k
For the last two weeks I have been trying to chase down why my truck will not start randomly. Two weeks ago after work one morning I go to start the truck and I have no crank no start issue. All the dash lights the interior lights headlights everything we’re on and not flickering. I wiggled the negative and positive battery post, and that did not work either. So I open my toolbox grabbed a 17 mm wrench and tap the starter a few times and the truck fired right up. Upon getting home from work I climbed under the truck and look at the starter and the starter solenoid was about to come completely apart. The plastic cap with the terminal ends on them was about to break into pieces so I gathered that I needed a new starter. I went to AutoZone and bought a new starter and put it on and for five consecutive days. I had no starting issues. The truck cranked on the first try and ran perfectly fine. On the morning of the sixth day the no start no crank issue was back again. At this point, I checked the ground on the battery cable and it was solid and not corroded on either end. I checked the starter relay. It seemed perfectly fine, so I swapped it with the other same relay in the fuse box, and it fired up instantly. I ran to AutoZone and bought a starter relay put it in and the truck has driven fine for another three days at this point. Leaving work just now I have a no crank no start issue again. The only thing I can think of to try that I have an already tried would be the ignition switch.
Is there anything else I should be looking at?
For the last two weeks I have been trying to chase down why my truck will not start randomly. Two weeks ago after work one morning I go to start the truck and I have no crank no start issue. All the dash lights the interior lights headlights everything we’re on and not flickering. I wiggled the negative and positive battery post, and that did not work either. So I open my toolbox grabbed a 17 mm wrench and tap the starter a few times and the truck fired right up. Upon getting home from work I climbed under the truck and look at the starter and the starter solenoid was about to come completely apart. The plastic cap with the terminal ends on them was about to break into pieces so I gathered that I needed a new starter. I went to AutoZone and bought a new starter and put it on and for five consecutive days. I had no starting issues. The truck cranked on the first try and ran perfectly fine. On the morning of the sixth day the no start no crank issue was back again. At this point, I checked the ground on the battery cable and it was solid and not corroded on either end. I checked the starter relay. It seemed perfectly fine, so I swapped it with the other same relay in the fuse box, and it fired up instantly. I ran to AutoZone and bought a starter relay put it in and the truck has driven fine for another three days at this point. Leaving work just now I have a no crank no start issue again. The only thing I can think of to try that I have an already tried would be the ignition switch.
Is there anything else I should be looking at?