5.7, 4x4, automatic, 4 door
Occasionally, the first time I hit the starter it will click (just the solenoid). I hit it again and it'll start just fine. Battery is fine, connections are clean and tight, etc. Wires on starter are tight.
I should mention that the starter is new. The reason for that is that this issue began about a month ago, and it nearly stranded the family at a rest stop in the middle of the Mojave desert (on that occasion it wouldn't even click -- hit it three times). The fourth time it started, but that was ten minutes later. So thinking it might be a bad solenoid, given the symptoms, I replaced the starter. Since then the issue has not occurred as often, but it is still occurring.
So, wth is going on here?! What should I check next? This is not a toy truck -- this is a truck we use every day and it absolutely must start every time lol.
Occasionally, the first time I hit the starter it will click (just the solenoid). I hit it again and it'll start just fine. Battery is fine, connections are clean and tight, etc. Wires on starter are tight.
I should mention that the starter is new. The reason for that is that this issue began about a month ago, and it nearly stranded the family at a rest stop in the middle of the Mojave desert (on that occasion it wouldn't even click -- hit it three times). The fourth time it started, but that was ten minutes later. So thinking it might be a bad solenoid, given the symptoms, I replaced the starter. Since then the issue has not occurred as often, but it is still occurring.
So, wth is going on here?! What should I check next? This is not a toy truck -- this is a truck we use every day and it absolutely must start every time lol.