Hello, I'm new to the forum but have owned my truck since new, its an F-350 long bed extended cab 4x4 non dually. It has less than 100k on the clock and recently had some very weird electrical gremlins attack it.
What happened was that I parked it one day and it sat for a couple of days and when I went to start it turning the key there was nothing! I managed to start it by jumping the solenoid on the inner fender, but this is where it gets weird, the power windows and interior lights wouldn't work it would keep blowing the fuse! I replaced the solenoid and it seemed to cure the problem for a while until the original starter died!
So then I replace the original starter and it hasn't started that good since it was new for about a week and a half. This is where it gets even weirder, after that week and a half of wonderful starting I caught the truck trying to start itself with the key nowhere near it!(WTH!)Batteries were run down enough to need to be recharged. After that happened the starter didn't start the engine as good as it did before this happened, like this burned it up making it weaker. Also the key would no longer start it, it was back to opening the hood to jump the solenoid to start it I would also disconnect the batteries so they wouldn't get drained from the dam thing trying to start itself. Before anyone asks, no I don't have a remote starter installed on it.
After the above happened more gremlins appeared, after I connected the batteries and jumped the solenoid and started it and it was running the radio would work until it was put in a moving gear. The radio would stay on but the sound would stop coming out of the speakers! Only in P or N would the sound come out of the speakers! With the power window/interior fuse burned out the radio would work in gear, very weird.
After dealing with all this now the truck won't even start jumping the solenoid! The thing is dead in the driveway, probably with another dead starter. I'm at my wits end trying to figure why the flock this is happening and would welcome any advice to resolve this problem with open arms. Thanks in advance to all that reply.
Derek
What happened was that I parked it one day and it sat for a couple of days and when I went to start it turning the key there was nothing! I managed to start it by jumping the solenoid on the inner fender, but this is where it gets weird, the power windows and interior lights wouldn't work it would keep blowing the fuse! I replaced the solenoid and it seemed to cure the problem for a while until the original starter died!
So then I replace the original starter and it hasn't started that good since it was new for about a week and a half. This is where it gets even weirder, after that week and a half of wonderful starting I caught the truck trying to start itself with the key nowhere near it!(WTH!)Batteries were run down enough to need to be recharged. After that happened the starter didn't start the engine as good as it did before this happened, like this burned it up making it weaker. Also the key would no longer start it, it was back to opening the hood to jump the solenoid to start it I would also disconnect the batteries so they wouldn't get drained from the dam thing trying to start itself. Before anyone asks, no I don't have a remote starter installed on it.
After the above happened more gremlins appeared, after I connected the batteries and jumped the solenoid and started it and it was running the radio would work until it was put in a moving gear. The radio would stay on but the sound would stop coming out of the speakers! Only in P or N would the sound come out of the speakers! With the power window/interior fuse burned out the radio would work in gear, very weird.
After dealing with all this now the truck won't even start jumping the solenoid! The thing is dead in the driveway, probably with another dead starter. I'm at my wits end trying to figure why the flock this is happening and would welcome any advice to resolve this problem with open arms. Thanks in advance to all that reply.
Derek
