2008 starting issue

Hi, sorry if this has an answer posted already but I couldn’t find it when searching for it.

My 2008 Tundra with 5.7 with 160,000 miles has started having starting issues. Other than starting it runs fine. About 6 months ago it would intermittently not turn over when I tried to start it. Dealer ran codes and said it was key fob to computer recognition issue and would be $2500 to fix. I ended up getting stranded out of town and had it towed to another dealer who ended up saying the negative battery cable was bad. They repaired the cable and it has ran great until about a month ago.

So recently it intermittently starting having issues again. It will start, run for 5 seconds and then stall, then if you try to start it again it will just crank and crank but won’t start. I have to wait about 2 minutes and then start it again and it usually will run fine after that... I took it to the local dealer again and they’re saying it’s the key fob to computer issue again and it’s $2500 to fix.

Any other thoughts? A friend of mine said he thought fuel issue??? Thanks for any help in advance.

 

The fact that it starts and then stalls I don’t think it would be the fob to computer , I would think it wouldn’t start at all if that were the case . Somebody on here who has a lot more knowledge than me will chime in .

 

Free bump

 

I would say try your spare key. Sometimes the key fob will get damage if it got really hot like leaving keys in the car. Disconnect the battery than try your spare key.

 

Tried both keys today, both did the exact same thing. Thanks for the reply though... appreciate it.

 

So is this not a common issue? Not many replies...

 

Check fuel flow/pump?

 

That's what I thought at first because of the stalling, but after the initial startup it runs fine, no lag, no more stalling. He asked how much to replace the fuel pump and the number he got was $700. I guess the pump itself was a big part of the cost.