starting issue 02 Tahoe

[slicksdude]

Hello need help my Tahoe won't crank won't start battery is New. Symptoms when turning key over it only makes a click sound 1 click. Repeat same thing. I Keeped attempting due to being stranded at work. Long story short I had gave up rolling up my windows I decided to give it on last shot. And guess what the son of a ***** started. After 45 min.

I've had this issue before in rare occasions once every 6 months it will do the same but after 6 attempts of turning the key it will start.
Help me out guys need my hoe back on the road.

 

[BlkYukon]

Check your cables and terminals

 

[slicksdude]

Check your cables and terminals

It just started right now out of no where. Weird

 

[#1taho]

Check your cables and terminals

X2

 

[mooman]

Dirty connections at the battery can seem like a dead battery and cause one hell of a time. Also, how old is your starter?

 

[domingo cardenas]

It's your starter relay. just get a new relay, but wait til the car fails to start, then pop in the relay to verify that was the issue.

 

[SLCHOE]

Most likely a bad starter.

Next time it wont start and just clicks once, have someone sit in the car and hold the key in the crank position while you get under the truck and tap on the starter with a hammer (TAP not POUND lol). If you tap it once or a few times and it cranks, your starter is about done.

This is assuming the "click" is more of a "clack" and coming from under the front of the car rather than a soft "click" from the fuse box under the hood.

 

[slicksdude]

Dirty connections at the battery can seem like a dead battery and cause one hell of a time. Also, how old is your starter?

Connections are clean, never changed the starter since owning her going on for 8 years now. Bought her pre owned at the dealer doubt previous owner changed it.

 

[slicksdude]

It's your starter relay. just get a new relay, but wait til the car fails to start, then pop in the relay to verify that was the issue.

Where is the starter relay located?

 

[slicksdude]

Most likely a bad starter.

Next time it wont start and just clicks once, have someone sit in the car and hold the key in the crank position while you get under the truck and tap on the starter with a hammer (TAP not POUND lol). If you tap it once or a few times and it cranks, your starter is about done.

This is assuming the "click" is more of a "clack" and coming from under the front of the car rather than a soft "click" from the fuse box under the hood.

Sounds more like a soft click from the fuse box to me. That's where I've managed to hear it from. Didn't know my starter was under the truck. Where exactly is it?

 

[Kraig]

Passenger side of the engine where it mates with the transmission.

 

[massivespl]

Make sure your ground is good. My truck did same thing because the ground was loose some how.

 

[SLCHOE]

Carry a small hammer with you if you're still driving this with the same starter. LOL

Just sayin....

One loud "clack/click" and then nothing is the starter seizing up. If you try it enough times it may free up and start. If the relay was the issue you would not even hear the "loud click/clack then nothing" symptom. Your starter is near dead and no tapping on it will fix it if it's bad enough or just decides to "give up the ghost" (smoke) due to being seized and super high amps burning it up. I hate being stranded at the least opportune times.

 

[ccapehartusarmyINF.(ret)]

tighten all yer grounds dont just check to see if there loose tighten them all