My 1999 Durango wont start everytime. This just started happening. I brought it in for a tune up and had battery the checked. It still doesn't start. It gives one "click" and thats it. The check engine light is not on. I try it 30 seconds or a minute later and it may start. I'm lost!! Any help is appreciated, Thanks!

 

Your starter is fried that’s a guarantee. Pull it out and have it checked. This is what happens when these go out. Classic example.[sm=bounceybounce.gif]

 

My 98 was doing the same thing this past weekend. I would turn the key and get nothing. If I shorted the posts on the starter it fired right up. Then the next time I would try starting it, it might work, or it might not. The battery "seemed" ok because the lights were bright and the horn honked.

I checked the battery to make sure it didn't have a dead cell or two because the lights and horn will work with a dead cell, but the starter might not. The battery was fine, just a little low on it's charge. Then I cleaned and tightened the connections on the starter solenoid and the battery. The bolt on the smaller starter post seemed a little loose.

So far it has started every time, but it's only been one day and ten or fifteen starts. I'll keep you posted.

 

I have the exact same issue. Seems that it only happens when the truck is cold. I have an after market starter in my durango and I thought that was the issue, but when I go to start it and it is cold, I get one click. But if I rotate the key from on to start, after a few times it will kick right over.

 

driving fine then it wont start. cracking over fine ,coil is firing good plugs weak. changed cap and roto button. same thing. what can i do next?