After getting the hub at least temporarily fixed, I had to cancel yet another outing this weekend when the Defender decided to revisit the starting issue again.
Turn the key and all the right clicks and such are heard, but nothing happens. The starter simply does nothing.
Sometimes I think it helps to bang on it, or to push the vehicle a few feet and bump it in gear, but it is too inconsistent to know for sure. Other times I have to just wait ten minutes or...?
Similar circumstances made me replace the starter about 8k miles ago. When this started happening again, I checked all the wiring. No improvement. Then I pulled the starter and made sure it was at least clean. No improvement.
Why is this happening? Of all the cars I’ve owned, I’ve never had to replace the starter on anything other than a Land Rover. And could this be some other issue? The ignition switch is also only 13k miles old.
Turn the key and all the right clicks and such are heard, but nothing happens. The starter simply does nothing.
Sometimes I think it helps to bang on it, or to push the vehicle a few feet and bump it in gear, but it is too inconsistent to know for sure. Other times I have to just wait ten minutes or...?
Similar circumstances made me replace the starter about 8k miles ago. When this started happening again, I checked all the wiring. No improvement. Then I pulled the starter and made sure it was at least clean. No improvement.
Why is this happening? Of all the cars I’ve owned, I’ve never had to replace the starter on anything other than a Land Rover. And could this be some other issue? The ignition switch is also only 13k miles old.