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2008 ford truck won't start in the cold?
i have a 2008 ford f-150 with the 5.4 triton engine in it. the last few days here have been cold -30 as a high and even though my truck has been plugged in all night it's not starting, it's not even turning over all it does it click a bit. i thought at first it was just the command start because i was able to go out and start it later but today i just tried with the key and it wouldn't start.
before it got cold we got close to a foot of snow and i had to go driving through that, not sure if that and then this deep cold worked together to cause me grief or what.
the battery seems good, when it does start it starts fine, it doesn't take a long time or anything like that. nothing seems to show that the battery is dying
i must apologize makho i reported your answer because it made no sense and for some reason appeared before david's did, with his answer it makes sense, if i could take back the report i would
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- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
could be a simple battery issue if you still have the factory battery especially they usually last 4-5 years so that could be it ford fires a coil every time you hit the key that way if the crank sensor goes bad after a few tries it will crank.plus a bad sensor wont cause it to not turn over so a battery or starter issue is most likely
- 9 years ago
I think you're on the right path with the crankshaft position sensor since there is no spark. He needs to make sure the gap is correct as well.
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