Starting trouble

Truck struggles to turn on. Sounds like it doesn’t want to but then it does. I checked the battery and terminals all good there. Any idea what it could be? Starter?

 

Did you do a load test on the battery or just checked voltage with a multimeter?

 

Just with multimeter, I’ll do a load test. Thank you

 

What year is the truck? How old is the battery? Is there any corrosion under the battery positive terminal cover?

did you install any electrical mods?

 

2019 Tacoma, battery is 3 years old, I installed some fog lights. Other than nothing else

 

There is no corrosion

 

Likely a battery. 1 month or 7 years, it really doesnt matter, they can always fail.

Local part stores test them on site.

 

Sounds like the battery might be bad, even if it tests as being ok.

 

If you are still under warranty, see if Toyota will give you a free battery. I got a new free battery at 33 months into my warranty. No electrical mods on my truck so hopefully Toyota does not try to blame your fog lights.

 

Seems like the OEM battery average lifespan is 3 years.

 

Going on 40 months on my Toyota replacement battery. My Daughter's Scion battery is coming up on 7 years. I was going replace it because of age, but it fires right up even after sitting in freezing temps for a week. I guess Toyota batteries are hit or miss.

 

I tend to see a lot of them fail for people who don't do longer trips. My truck is still on the stock battery from late 2016. But I also drive 90 miles per day for work.

 

were you in any extreme cold? after driving car around for an hour does it start again fine? if you try boosting battery does it start fast without hesitation?

 

You can try turning your headlights on with the truck off. With a mult-meter measure the voltage after a couple minutes of this. If its lower than 11.7 volts the battery is weak, and needs replacing.

 

I did this and it was 11.6v then it slowly climbed up. New battery it is! Thank you!

 

Thank you everyone who helped me. I was overthinking everything lol. Y’all are good people thanks again!

 

I totally misread the title of this thread. I thought the OP meant he was starting trouble

OP, glad a new battery did the trick. Yes we are good people but we love making people spend money on stuff they never realized they needed

 

Walmart Everstart battery is the best bang for the buck