# 2013 F-150 starting system fail **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [June 24, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-f-150-starting-system-fail/191272 "2023-06-24T02:31:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bobmccausland2223\_185740](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecc23a/32.png) [@Bobmccausland2223\_185740](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bobmccausland2223_185740)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-f-150-starting-system-fail/191272/1 "2023-06-24T02:31:42Z")
Fabric and foam wrapped around the drive shaft. How would I do a ignition reset? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-f-150-starting-system-fail/191272/2 "2023-06-24T13:05:39Z")
You lost me in the translation to english. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-f-150-starting-system-fail/191272/3 "2023-06-24T13:17:18Z")
> [@Bobmccausland2223\_185740](#): > > How would I do a ignition reset? Why do you think you need to? Oh, please stop adding posts for this problem. Just reply to THIS post. ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-f-150-starting-system-fail/191272/4 "2023-06-24T14:52:12Z")
Obviously you need to reboot the flux capacitor first. Then recalibrate the doohickey and plug in the thingamajig. That may fix it. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-f-150-starting-system-fail/191272/5 "2023-06-24T17:23:41Z")
You don’t need to “reset” anything. You need to repair the wiring or components that were damaged by this adventure. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-f-150-starting-system-fail/191272/6 "2023-06-24T22:22:46Z")
I’m guessing OP’s truck cranks but won’t start after some debris wrapped around the driveshaft. Assuming driveshaft is now free of all debris, suggest first test is to measure the voltage at both starter motor terminals, thick and thin wire, with key in “start”. Both should measure at least 10.5 volts. Probe with volt meter from terminal to starter case. If you post the result here I expect you’ll get some further ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Bobmccausland2223\_185740](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecc23a/32.png) [@Bobmccausland2223\_185740](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bobmccausland2223_185740)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-f-150-starting-system-fail/191272/7 "2023-06-25T05:22:51Z")
Much appreciated. Ty to all This was my first post- the answers at first were amusing and mostly sarcastic. That’s maybe on me for not a better explaination . Yes the foam fabric is cleared. It wasn’t complicated. We ran over some stuff & it wrapped up tight. The solution was to disconnect the P&Neg on the battery, wait five, touch them and reconnect. That solved it. 😂👍 ---
**Author:** ![Bobmccausland2223\_185740](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecc23a/32.png) [@Bobmccausland2223\_185740](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bobmccausland2223_185740)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 5:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-f-150-starting-system-fail/191272/8 "2023-06-25T05:25:29Z")
Hoping this helps the next person… ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-f-150-starting-system-fail/191272/9 "2023-06-25T16:06:43Z")
A pic may help to illustrate a problem. I would say I ran over something. This is what it looks like. Now my car won’t crank. You think there is a connnection? Many people cannot explain their issue? You are one of them. You don’t think you were vague? ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-f-150-starting-system-fail/191272/10 "2023-06-25T17:08:07Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > A pic may help to illustrate a problem. OPs 1st post about the issue… > [@Starting system fail](https://community.cartalk.com/t/starting-system-fail/191271): > > There is fabric/foam wrapped all around the drive shaft. It has now been cut. How do I reset to allow ignition start? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-f-150-starting-system-fail/191272/11 "2023-06-25T17:11:57Z")
The picture didn’t really help, did it? Some explanation of what the truck wasn’t doing would have helped. Glad it got fixed. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-f-150-starting-system-fail/191272/12 "2023-06-25T20:29:19Z")
It’s definitely a puzzle how debris wrapping around the driveshaft would prevent the engine from starting. The driveshaft isn’t even doing anything when starting the engine. One theory, the driveshaft problem occurred while truck was being driven, in gear, & when driveshaft wouldn’t turn, that stalled the engine, creating some sort of electrical glitch which confused the computers. Computers were so thoroughly confused they refused to start the engine. Disconnecting the battery resets the computers. A reset done w/that method sometimes causes other problems though. Fortunately it appears those problems didn’t occur in this case, and OP’s F-150 is back to being a reliable driver. Thanks for the follow-up OP 🙂