nonickatall
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Today was my daughter's last day of primary school and she's now starting secondary school. The children had rehearsed a play for the occasion, and I wanted to buy my daughter a costume. So we got into the truck and set off. Unfortunately, there was a lot of traffic and it was very hot yesterday. I sometimes have the problem that my music doesn't work when I start the truck. I've never figured out why, whether the radio is stuck in some kind of mode or whether it's the Bose amplifier, I don't know. In any case, you can just turn the truck off and on again, and usually the music starts working.
So yesterday we were driving along without music and came off the motorway and stopped at the first traffic light.
There was heavy traffic, and I thought: I'll just try a quick restart. So I turned the truck off and immediately back on, but the starter didn't engage. Great, the light turned green, the traffic behind me was backed up, and of course, I was in a very inconvenient spot. I tried to start it several times, but the starter wouldn't budge.
So I got out, found some help to at least push the truck to the side, and of course, put the gear selector in neutral. With the help of two people, I pushed the truck aside. Then I tried again, and the truck started.
So we continued on our way, naturally with a queasy feeling.
A short time later, we arrived at the shop where I wanted to buy the costume and, of course, had to turn the truck off again.
When we got back in the truck, the starter wouldn't work again.
Then I suddenly had an idea: I've been having problems for a while with the gear selector switch that reports the gear position. Every now and then, it doesn't engage the correct gear, and I have to shift back and forth to get it into the right gear. Since I know from another car that the starter doesn't work when the vehicle is not on Park or Neutral, I simply shifted the lever and shifted back to Park (P), and and behold, the starter worked.
In other words, that's the problem.
That was very reassuring, because replacing the starter isn't exactly fun, especially since I already have the switch.
I wanted to share this experience with you, because it will surely happen to someone else someday, who will be stuck thinking their starter is broken.
So yesterday we were driving along without music and came off the motorway and stopped at the first traffic light.
There was heavy traffic, and I thought: I'll just try a quick restart. So I turned the truck off and immediately back on, but the starter didn't engage. Great, the light turned green, the traffic behind me was backed up, and of course, I was in a very inconvenient spot. I tried to start it several times, but the starter wouldn't budge.
So I got out, found some help to at least push the truck to the side, and of course, put the gear selector in neutral. With the help of two people, I pushed the truck aside. Then I tried again, and the truck started.
So we continued on our way, naturally with a queasy feeling.
A short time later, we arrived at the shop where I wanted to buy the costume and, of course, had to turn the truck off again.
When we got back in the truck, the starter wouldn't work again.
Then I suddenly had an idea: I've been having problems for a while with the gear selector switch that reports the gear position. Every now and then, it doesn't engage the correct gear, and I have to shift back and forth to get it into the right gear. Since I know from another car that the starter doesn't work when the vehicle is not on Park or Neutral, I simply shifted the lever and shifted back to Park (P), and and behold, the starter worked.
In other words, that's the problem.
That was very reassuring, because replacing the starter isn't exactly fun, especially since I already have the switch.
I wanted to share this experience with you, because it will surely happen to someone else someday, who will be stuck thinking their starter is broken.
