My Ford F150 will not start!!!?

Question

I havent had any problems at all with it starting untill today, weather was fine, i drove my son to daycare in it shut it off went back out and it will not start, its was like the battery was completely dead! i tryed jumping it nothing! So i went and bought a brand new battery nope didnt do it, so started tapping the starter with a hammer and trying to start nothing, so i went and bought a new selinoid put that on and still nothing :( any idea? like i said iv had vehicals before that if it was the starter it would gradually go. any ideas??? what this could be and how to fix? thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Not enough information.
For example, does the engine turn over when you turn the key? If not, it can be the starter, starter switch, ignition switch, or one of the fusable links.
If it turns over, the starter is probably good.
Are you getting fuel to the engine at the proper pressure?
If the pressure is too low, or non-existant, it is probably the fuel pump. You really need to isolate the problem.

Answer 2

I've had a lot of F-150s and a lot of days like you had. The thing about Fords is, you should always have a can of Coke nearby. The first thing you want to try when your battery appears suddenly dead is to pop the hood, and pour the whole can of Coke slowly over the positive (red) terminal of the battery.

Fully half the time, this will work. Fords have a thing about corrosion on the anode terminal/cable connection/cable. Someting about Coke cleans this up enough to get you going.

Now, if that's not it, you might have an automatic transmission. Don't get excited, you don't need a tranny. If you have an automatic transmission, and the car acts like it suddenly has a dead battery, sit in the driver's seat as you normally would.

Using your left hand, reach over and behind the steering wheel and pull the shifing lever towards you and counterclockwise, as if to further engage it into park, which is technicall what you're doing. Holding this light pressure into Park, use your right hand to try to start the beast with the key.

I've had Fords that worked like this for years. I means you need work on the ignition interlocks in the steering column, which is 'WAY too expensive to fix if you can just keep doing it like that.

If it's a standard transmission, try this:

1. Put the car in neutral with the parking brake set.

2. Turn the key as though to start it and HOLD it in this starting position while,

3. Mash down on the clutch as hard and far as you can.

If that works, you need the neutral/clutch ignition interlock looked at. VERY inexpensive.

Lastly, I hate to say it but, on an F150, every time you change the battery you should probably replace the cable with new, molded-end replacement cables. The bolt-on ends just will not last on a Ford.

Best luck!

Answer 3

I have the same problem my little brother has a 1988 ford f150 I put a good battery in it go to turn the key nothing I take a screw driver hit the starter sylinoid and it rolls over but still wont crank any advice

Answer 4

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Answer 6

Had the same issue was running fine then stopped and wouldn't start... climbed under the truck with a wire and tried spinning starter ... jumped wire from main power lead to the little post which engaged starter and spun engine over climbed out from under truck and tried key.. started ok.. so now when ever it does this to me I climb under the truck and spin starter this way always seemz to do the trick. note not recommended in short skirt get to many gawkerz that way.. but you gotta do what you gotta do when you own a Ford lolz

Answer 7

If you can tap on the side of the starter with a small hammer while a helper turns the key/in park with brake on,
If that works you have bad sleeve bearing and you should change the starter as the armature is dragging on the fields and causing a direct short in the in the starter motor.
That is why when it is tapped with the hammer it will turn. Hard to understand if you are not mechanically knowledgeable.

Answer 8

It sounds to me like you may have more than one problem. It's possible that your starter isn't sparking...but the battery drain sounds like an alternator problem. How are your battery cables? Are they old and corroded? When you put the new battery in, did you try the lights? Just saying that because your lights wouldn't work if the battery cables weren't on right. Have you tried sparking the starter with a screw driver? Okay, I just thought of this. Is your truck manual? It could be that your safety switch on your clutch isn't releasing. Try putting it in neutral and starting it. Hey, it's worth a shot! Good luck!

Answer 9

It may be your P.A.T.S. anti-theft system. If your truck does not attempt to turn over (even if your interior accessories and lights work) that is probably what it is. Far more often than bad starters, F-150 owners have P.A.T.S. issues. Do you have a small chip in your key (it will look like a tiny tab on the body of the key)?

Answer 10

if you have mechanic skills take the starter off and jump it off on the ground with jumper cables put the negative on the end where the armurture is located and the positive on the main terminal and touch the field wire the little one, it should kick in and spin if it kicks in and not spin the selonoid needs replacing, if it spins and not kick in the selionoid needs rebuilding when you take the selonoid apart the main terminal you turn it 180%, what happens is the contact wears down and most people go and by a starter or a selonoid... if what i said is to complex take the starter at autozone and they will check it for you take the alternator too...!!!