Truck=No Start

shleprock · 04-21-2004, 01:23 PM

Got off work after 12hours,,Turned the key in the ignition and Nothing Happens!!.Took a deep breath tried again-no go!..Checked the Volt gauge and it's reading a little past 1/2 when I turned the key to start,,Lights,radio,and everything else is fine,all i heard was a click from the passenger side dash?nothing from the engine compartment.

Called the stealership and they had a TowTruck there in about 30min..Gotta be an electrical problem,the battery has major juice.I tried jiggleing wires under the dash under the hood thinking it might be a loose connection..nothing..Well we loaded My Beautiful WhiteXE4X4KC on the rollback towTruck (the driver was clean and professional).While it's there Im gonna have them tweak the front end,,(pulling to the right)..I'm not stressing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bvstone1 · 04-21-2004, 02:08 PM

Did you check fuses? You didn't have it in gear did you? (have to ask, sorry!)

shleprock · 04-21-2004, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bvstone1

Did you check fuses? You didn't have it in gear did you? (have to ask, sorry!)

Was in park,Pressed the brake to put in N and put back in Park,,tried em all,,as far as fuses go's??.I pulled the little cover off and seen the fuse area..Would 1 of those fuses control the starting of my truck???..

ChuhBaca · 04-21-2004, 03:02 PM

Did you order your truck or did you buy it from the dealer's lot inventory?

shleprock · 04-21-2004, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ChuhBaca

Did you order your truck or did you buy it from the dealer's lot inventory?

Dealer Lot..Was just what I was looking for..Had 20miles when I got it.

Optimist · 04-21-2004, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by shleprock

Got off work after 12hours,,Turned the key in the ignition and Nothing Happens!!.Took a deep breath tried again-no go!..Checked the Volt gauge and it's reading a little past 1/2 when I turned the key to start,,Lights,radio,and everything else is fine,all i heard was a click from the passenger side dash?nothing from the engine compartment.

Called the stealership and they had a TowTruck there in about 30min..Gotta be an electrical problem,the battery has major juice.I tried jiggleing wires under the dash under the hood thinking it might be a loose connection..nothing..Well we loaded My Beautiful WhiteXE4X4KC on the rollback towTruck (the driver was clean and professional).While it's there Im gonna have them tweak the front end,,(pulling to the right)..I'm not stressing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry to hear that Shleprock, sounds like you are the 1st in need of a tow? I hope this is a singular event, will you be sure to post the findings for us?

shleprock · 04-21-2004, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Optimist

Sorry to hear that Shleprock, sounds like you are the 1st in need of a tow? I hope this is a singular event, will you be sure to post the findings for us?

Thanx Optimist,

I will post what the dealer find's and repairs..I think it is a singular problem, just something not connected.Embarrassing to have my 3week old Titan Towed from my place of employment..

bestatchess · 04-21-2004, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by shleprock

Was in park,Pressed the brake to put in N and put back in Park,,tried em all,,as far as fuses go's??.I pulled the little cover off and seen the fuse area..Would 1 of those fuses control the starting of my truck???..

No, the heavy duty stuff is under the hood attached to the battery.

shleprock · 04-21-2004, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bestatchess

No, the heavy duty stuff is under the hood attached to the battery.

Thought so,,My born on date is also 01/04/2004.....Chess?..i play?

ChuhBaca · 04-21-2004, 06:18 PM

Since it you bought it off the dealer inventory, try checking underneath the steering column for a plug. It will be a connection similar to when you plug a card into your computer (such as a Ram card). If you see that you have this, that could be the reason it isn't starting.

I haven't heard of dealers doing this in a while, but they used to install a starter kill system on all lot vehicles that required a chip key. It was apparently a common practice to simple break the chip key off in the plug rather than uninstalling. If this jiggled loose at all, the vehicle wouldn't start, even though all the other electrical seemed to function.

I know that this is a longshot, but if it happens to be the case, it would be very hard to diagnose unless you know about it. Goodluck!

shleprock · 04-21-2004, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ChuhBaca

Since it you bought it off the dealer inventory, try checking underneath the steering column for a plug. It will be a connection similar to when you plug a card into your computer (such as a Ram card). If you see that you have this, that could be the reason it isn't starting.

I haven't heard of dealers doing this in a while, but they used to install a starter kill system on all lot vehicles that required a chip key. It was apparently a common practice to simple break the chip key off in the plug rather than uninstalling. If this jiggled loose at all, the vehicle wouldn't start, even though all the other electrical seemed to function.

I know that this is a longshot, but if it happens to be the case, it would be very hard to diagnose unless you know about it. Goodluck!

Trucks @ the dealer now...I seen those input plugs under the steering column.was wondering? what they were for?....That would be so cool if the dealer told me that, ChuhBaca...Thanx

1BadTitan · 04-22-2004, 07:41 PM

Damn Mike, I was wondering why it was getting towed out. I was walking back to my shop from the durock plant and seen it leaving.

shleprock · 04-23-2004, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ChuhBaca

Since it you bought it off the dealer inventory, try checking underneath the steering column for a plug. It will be a connection similar to when you plug a card into your computer (such as a Ram card). If you see that you have this, that could be the reason it isn't starting.

I haven't heard of dealers doing this in a while, but they used to install a starter kill system on all lot vehicles that required a chip key. It was apparently a common practice to simple break the chip key off in the plug rather than uninstalling. If this jiggled loose at all, the vehicle wouldn't start, even though all the other electrical seemed to function.

I know that this is a longshot, but if it happens to be the case, it would be very hard to diagnose unless you know about it. Goodluck!

Got my Truck back today..and that's all it was,somehow that chip worked it's way loose..What a relief!..Dealer fixed the front end(no more pulling to the right)..

NITEBLITZ · 04-23-2004, 10:47 AM

Thanks ChuhBaca! I learn something new all the time on here!

NITEBLITZ

1Titan · 04-23-2004, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by shleprock

Got my Truck back today..and that's all it was,somehow that chip worked it's way loose..What a relief!..Dealer fixed the front end(no more pulling to the right)..

That's great! I'm going to check if I have one. What did they do to fix your problem w/your truck pulling to the right?