kpiztheniz
Member
- Joined
- Jul 15, 2017
- Messages
- 8
- Vehicle Year
- 1993
- Transmission
- Manual
So here's the story.....I started the 1993 4.0 manual after work and drove my about 20 miles or so on the highway to my buddies house. When I went to leave an hour or so later, the truck wouldn't start. When I initially opened the door, the chime started and the dome light came on, but when I tried to turn the key and start the truck, everything immediately shut off (dome light and door chime stopped working) and the key wouldn't even click like it was trying to start. I waited a few minutes, opened the door again, the chiming started and the dome light came on......weird. I tried to start it, and same issue as before, everything immediately went dark.
So here's where it gets even more weird....I figured it must be the battery so I need a jump. Before I did that though I figured I'd try it once more. So I opened the door and the chime and dome light was, yet again, somehow working again on it's own. The truck fired right up! I guess third times' the charm, but I'm hoping I can actually pinpoint what may be wrong here so I don't get stranded somewhere.
One thing to mention as well is that the radio lost all my presets, like the battery was disconnected throughout this process which it wasn't
Thanks everyone for any advice you can give me! Let me know if you have any questions on what I did, etc. I literally did nothing other than pop the hood as far as "troubleshooting" goes, the third time it started like normal. Very Mysterious!
So here's where it gets even more weird....I figured it must be the battery so I need a jump. Before I did that though I figured I'd try it once more. So I opened the door and the chime and dome light was, yet again, somehow working again on it's own. The truck fired right up! I guess third times' the charm, but I'm hoping I can actually pinpoint what may be wrong here so I don't get stranded somewhere.
One thing to mention as well is that the radio lost all my presets, like the battery was disconnected throughout this process which it wasn't
Thanks everyone for any advice you can give me! Let me know if you have any questions on what I did, etc. I literally did nothing other than pop the hood as far as "troubleshooting" goes, the third time it started like normal. Very Mysterious!