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Truck won’t crank with key but will remote start

Discussion in 'General Tundra Discussion' started by TemujinNomad, Oct 31, 2019.

  1. Oct 31, 2019 at 7:05 PM
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    TemujinNomad

    TemujinNomad [OP] New Member

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    Hello all,

    Hope everyone has been well. Been having a small issue lately with my 2012 tundra (only 40k miles) not cranking with the pen factory key once temps hit below 20F. When I turn the key, dashboard lights up, battery has juice, but it won’t turn over. Viper remote start keyfob starts it right up with no hesitation and once the truck is running, I turned the truck off with the viper key fob, cranked with key just to see if it would work and it started right up.

    Any ideas? I see there is a group buy on the northstar batteries right now. Does anybody suspect it could be the battery? There were several instances where I went camping in the truck and left a phone charger on and the battery died. Have a jump starter so no issues there. Thanks in advance!
     
  2. Oct 31, 2019 at 7:17 PM
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    Captainjohn

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    Have a load test done on your battery, any auto parts store or auto battery store will test yours in your truck for free
     

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