2007 Tacoma not startin, have dash lights but no click or crank intermitant

Like the subject says, my 2007 occasionally will not crank over. Key forward gives dash lights but when I attempt to crank I get silence. Wait a few minutes and it will work. Could it be some anti theft chip/communication between key and computer?

Happens once a week or so.

Thanks.

 

Might be your starter, I'm a lot more familiar with a diesel engine starter because of when the one went in my dad's '97 F350. I would turn the key and it would be silence and just a click, still had lights because the battery is fine.

I think it could be your starter though, since you have lights and all that your battery should be fine, and since your only getting the problem every once in a while which was what happened in my dad's truck like I was saying until one day it just didn't do anything. Luckily, if it is the starter, they're wayyyy cheaper for a tacoma compared to a diesel F350

Hopefully some other opinions get thrown into the pot though

 

Thank you. No solenoid click and battery is new. I figured if the starter was bad I'd have click. Have rocked I'd back and forth but not wacked the starter with a hammer.

 

Yea, personally I'm thinking it's your starter but that's just my opinion with what you said. Could also just be that the wires are corroded a bit that connect the starter to the battery, I've heard of that happening and they can be cleaned I believe.

 

Learn from my mistake, check the cheap stuff first. I would check the battery cable terminals. I ended up replacing the alternator, starter (twice), and battery. Spent almost $800 worth of parts and labor, not to mention the ridiculous amount of down time. Truck left me stranded 4 times in one month. Turned out to be a bad positive battery terminal (2 bucks!)the whole time! I have 130K miles on the truck and alternator and starter probably needed replacement due to age, but wish I had the option to go OEM instead of cheapo Autozone and Advance Autopart stuff.

edit...I just reread what you wrote-since you are getting dash light and no clicking it most likely is the starter.

The chip in the key and the computer rarely go out of sync or bad-cost about 150 to reprogram. But again this is most likely not the case-ask me how I know-lol.

 

Sure sounds like a failing starter.

 

By chance, do u have your leg resting on the shifter ( if its an auto) because I have done that a few Tims where the truck thinks I'm in gear when my leg is resting on the shifter and it is moved over slightly.
I'm a big dude at 6'5" and 260 so it might just be me

 

Clean the battery cables n check your ground.Load test the battery.Not all new batteries last and you could have got a dud.