Help! My truck won't start. Is it the battery or the starter?

Lots of clicking, its your battery. Multimeter does not tell you how many amps your battery is able to deliver. You can start it with a jump, so its not the starter or the solenoid.

take a small hammer and tap on the body of the starter w a friend inside holding down key i start if she goes n engine fires starter is quitting presuming battery voltage is OK . if u don't know which is the problem a simple voltmeter attached to the battery's terminals will tell you if the battery is in working shape as it should read 12 plus volts under a ten is not good sign also in general if u hear a loud clicking noise that's the Bendix of the starter saying we quit give up that tells you the starter needs to go into history's pages

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Help! My truck won't start. Is it the battery or the starter?

I have a 2005 Dodge Dakota.. that wont turn over I put a multimeter to it which read 13+. it sounds like alot of clicking as I try to start it. everything works lights, radio..I could get it to start but I have to jump it.

its the solenoid. in the starter. try hitting your starter with a hammer. if it fires up thats sometimes the problem. battery could be dead to. when you jump start it gives the battery more power to move the starter my dad had to do this on his lexus. it was a 800 dollar starter job

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Turn on your headlights & get someone to push the starter,if your lights dim out it's your battery.

it could be either 1. did you clean the battery terminals? the solenoid could be bad too.

It could be your alternator. I had that problem with my subaru legacy.