Help Truck won't start

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Help Truck won't start

Post by PowerWagonP » Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:04 am

Tried going to work but truck won't start. Doesn't even try. Tried jumping with battery from my bronco and doesn;t even try and turn over. I can here fuel pump come on. When I try and start, guages go haywire and click and go back and forth. Does this sound like the dreaded TIPM possibly?
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Re: Help Truck won't start

Post by 04Ram2500Hemi » Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:09 am

How old is your battery? I've seen a ton of threads that start this way, and more times than not it can be linked to a dead battery. When batteries die they cause all sorts of strange issues.
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Re: Help Truck won't start

Post by PowerWagonP » Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:25 am

Looks like it is the battery. Jumped it for awhile with wifes car and finally fired up. I think my Chinese stereo may have been on. I just shut truck off and deck was still on, had to wiggle key a bit to get it to shut off.
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Re: Help Truck won't start

Post by Low_Sky » Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:25 am

I would start with the battery.

Next, can you hear the starter solenoid clicking?


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Re: Help Truck won't start

Post by huntinguy » Tue Mar 15, 2016 9:45 am

If you had to wiggle the key to get the deck to go off it's probably an ignition problem.

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