complicated situation, need help!!

so one day i was offroading in my 2000 tacoma and everything was fine. afterwards i drove to the gas station to fill up and when i was finished i tried to drive off, but the truck wouldnt start. what was wierd was that all my electronics were off. i opened the hood and after wiggleing the neg battery cable my electronics came back on. i closed the hood and went to start it but when i turned the key the electronics went out again. so i just kept wiggling the cable trying to start it for about 7-10 times until it started. after it started i turned it back off then restarted it and it worked just fine, and still works fine to this day. WTF HAPPENED???

 

was there a lot of corrosion on the battery terminals?

did it look like a CHA CHA CHIA Pet?

 

x2 clean your battery terminals

 

Mines did the same thing...I just clean the terminals and added another ground from the battery....never did it again

 

Get some of that battery terminal cleaner and a wire brush and clean every ground that's easy to get to then tighten the hell out of them. You should be fine after that.


I never had the starting problem
But I've had fading electrical systems before and it was pissing me off untill I did the above now it all works perfect.

 

quick temp fix, is you can get a coke, if you dont have immediate access to battery cleaner, u just gotta spray it later on with some water to wash it away, saved my butt one time

 

fixed it the cable was just loose. thanks everybody

 

This was my guess...Either the lead or a ground. Anytime there is a electrical issue...I start with the battery and the grounds...

Glad it worked out for you man!!