I’ve had this situation happen several times recently. Key on, good dash lights and self check, hear a short buzz, hit starter button, clunk, nothing, dash lights go blank.
Hmm, removed the seat to check fuses and jiggle wires connected to the battery. Fuses good.
Try again, Key on, good dash lights and self check, hear a short buzz, hit starter button, it starts.
So I took the tupperware off so I could check out the battery. With the only the left panel off, Key on, good dash lights and self check, hear a short buzz, hit starter button, clunk, nothing dash lights go blank. AND I SAW A SPARK at the negative terminal.
There was one small gauge wire that was easily moved. Jiggled the wires while the key was on and the dash lights came back on, and a good start.
So I tightened the negative terminal so no of the wires would move. Went through several cycles of starting and stopping and that seemed to fix the issue.
Also took the following battery readings: Key off – 13.2 V; Key on – 12.98V
So my question to you experts out there, before I put the tuperware back on, is there anything else I should check?