Thread: Yes another problem with the ranger

So today I started up my truck and I had an issue. The starter wasn't disengaging. I started it up, and then turned off the truck when I noticed something was wrong. Took the key out of the ignition, and the truck was still trying to start AFTER I took the keys out of the ignition. So I hurried up and disconnected the negative from my battery. I just replaced the cylinoid yesterday afternoon. Any ideas why it's doing this? It happened once before but it was a long time ago I don't remember what the problem was

if it ever gets low voltage to the solenoid it will fry the contacts and stick them together causing the problem you discribe.

Sweet so I fried my solenoid?

sounds like it,you need to do some simple voltage drop test to verify if you have a problem in a connection or cable.

How would I perform a voltage drop test?

I was curious if it would have done it again so I fired up my truck today and everything was fine. That's a little odd don't you think?

And now I sit stranded at 7/11 because it did it again. I guess I'll go get another new solenoid since idk what the cause is

i had a fox with the same problem. Mine was just shitty vato zone solenoids. got a ford one and it worked fine.