[jacques]

Heys folks - newbie here
Got an 03 Tacoma that has had some hesitation starting the last few days. Finally today, I was leaving for Home Depot and barely got it started - after a little clicking it turned over. I left Home Depot to return home, and nothing but clicking and would not turn over at all - Rolled it off luckily. My battery indicator is GREEN in color which according to the manual, means it's good. Maybe the starter? I'm not very mechanically sound so need a little help here. Thanks in advance.

 

[humanoid]

I would still have the battery checked out, I'll bet you a penny that it's bad, that green light doesn't mean squat. If it's the OEM battery from the factory then it's definitely time to change it out. Welcome to TN.com too!

 

[jdhog]

Might be worth swinging by an autoparts store and get them to do a load test on the batt and check the alternator? maybe it is just a simple as a battery not having enough juice. I see it all the time on the machines I work on you turn the key and just clicks - bad battery or needs charging the voltmeter will show about 14v ,or so, in a good charging system

As it's been getting worse each time might indicate that the alt has not been charging, or it's just a bad battery or maybe the starter is pulling too much current.

 

[jacques]

Thanks alot fellas - Gonna have it checked out in the morning.....

 

[jacques]

Well had the battery tested this morning after jumping it again - It did have a bad cell - She's running as good as ever now! Thanks again for the help and input fellas!

jacques

 

[blakegeee]

Could have also been a bad connection on the neg terminal. It always corrodes much faster.... Glad you got it sorted out!