Difficulty starting truck
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Difficulty starting truck
Had a weird thing happen this morning. Truck started fine yesterday...but went out to the garage this morning and the truck turned over slower than usual (similar to a weak battery) and acted like a carbed engine that was flooded...kinda tried to fire...but just wouldn't. About the third time I tried to start it, when I let off the start position of the key...the starter kept on spinning, as if I still had the key in the start position. Starter spun for a second or two then quit. Tried a couple more times and the truck finally started.
I let it run for a couple of minutes...turned it off and tried again and it started up right up...starter spun at the normal speed as a hot battery would. It has started fine ever since (about 6-8 times).
I have read that a bad battery will cause all kinds of weird stuff with these newer trucks...but to have the starter keep spinning after I let of the key was just too strange.
The truck is a '13 XLT Screw...bought it new back in Feb. and only has 5450 miles on her.
I am posting this on another F150 forum also...to hopefully get some info, opinions, ideas, etc.
I let it run for a couple of minutes...turned it off and tried again and it started up right up...starter spun at the normal speed as a hot battery would. It has started fine ever since (about 6-8 times).
I have read that a bad battery will cause all kinds of weird stuff with these newer trucks...but to have the starter keep spinning after I let of the key was just too strange.
The truck is a '13 XLT Screw...bought it new back in Feb. and only has 5450 miles on her.
I am posting this on another F150 forum also...to hopefully get some info, opinions, ideas, etc.
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. I did find on another F150 forum that these trucks have an "easy start ignition" which I had never heard of before. The owner's manual isn't clear about it...nor did the dealership / salesman mention it.
The owner's manual states on page 196:
Note: Do not touch the accelerator pedal.
1. Fully press the brake pedal.
2. Turn the key to the start position to start the engine. Release the key
when the engine starts.
Note: The engine may continue cranking for up to 15 seconds or until it
starts.
That last line seems to be referring to the easy start ignition...but I would have never realized it...with it saying just before it to release the key when the engine starts.
All you have to do is bump the start position and release the key. The engine will crank by itself until the engine starts. I had never heard of this...but it works. I tried it this morning.
It still doesn't explain why I had difficulty starting my truck yesterday. It has started fine ever since the incident. I am going to have the battery checked at a dealership to see if it is going bad.
. I did find on another F150 forum that these trucks have an "easy start ignition" which I had never heard of before. The owner's manual isn't clear about it...nor did the dealership / salesman mention it.The owner's manual states on page 196:
Note: Do not touch the accelerator pedal.
1. Fully press the brake pedal.
2. Turn the key to the start position to start the engine. Release the key
when the engine starts.
Note: The engine may continue cranking for up to 15 seconds or until it
starts.
That last line seems to be referring to the easy start ignition...but I would have never realized it...with it saying just before it to release the key when the engine starts.
All you have to do is bump the start position and release the key. The engine will crank by itself until the engine starts. I had never heard of this...but it works. I tried it this morning.
It still doesn't explain why I had difficulty starting my truck yesterday. It has started fine ever since the incident. I am going to have the battery checked at a dealership to see if it is going bad.