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Originally posted by grofva
I recently started having a problem on my 2000 Tundra V8 where the first turn of the key acts like a dead battery. I can turn it back and crank it again with no problem and she starts right up.
Has anyone replaced their starter or does anyone know can the contacts only be replaced? The local dealer quoted me $750 to replace the whole starter.
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When I had 80 watt bulbs in my headlight and fogs and turned those on all the time I would run into a problem like that. Not dead, but like a bad starter.
I actually had the dealer replace it and it went away for a while. But it came back later. Only happened once in a while sometimes hot, sometimes stone cold.
Then I started turning off the fogs and I've got 55 watt bulbs in there and still no problem. Turned the fogs back on and saw the problem again. Left them off and no problem.
I'm guessing that it has more to do with the batter not holding enough voltage but not being bad enough to replace.
It might be a weak relay or even a contact in the key itself.
Same thing though. On - no start. Back off and redo it and it's fine. Eventually I got to the point that I had to return up to 6 times - that's when they replaced the starter with a new one.
Didn't solve the problem though.
Alan