# HELP! ANY ADVICE? 1999Toy 4Runner will not start, clicking sound... all starting system seems good **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** toyota, 4runner\ **Created:** [September 22, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279 "2020-09-22T19:22:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonivanst\_170960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@Jonivanst\_170960](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jonivanst_170960)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/1 "2020-09-22T19:22:05Z")
I have a 99 Toyota 4Runner Limited and instead of starting it makes a clicking sound. The battery is fine tested Good. I changed the starter and starter relay. The alternator is good. I check the battery, battery cables all clean and tight. It still does not start. it clicks. Do I have it towed to the dealer? Could it be something else? Immobilizer??? Help please.I don’t know what else it could be… ---
**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:** [September 22, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/2 "2020-09-22T19:24:05Z")
How do you know the battery is fine? How do you know the alternator is good? Why did you replace the starter? What engine, transmission and how many miles on it? ---
**Author:** ![Jonivanst\_170960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@Jonivanst\_170960](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jonivanst_170960)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/4 "2020-09-22T19:37:51Z")
I tested and also had the battery tested. I tested the alternator and also had it tested. I replaced the starter because I tested the starter and solenoid was bad. I replace the whole thing last time replaced was 6 years ago so I just replace the whole thing. It has a V-6 3.4 Automatic mileage 225, 463 usually runs like a top I stopped for gas and when i went to start nothing… It can Jump 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:** [September 22, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/5 "2020-09-22T19:48:43Z")
You don’t say that these things were tested after the truck refused to start. Check battery voltage at the battery and at the end of the positive cable at the starter. You should see 12.4 or so at each point. Check resistance from battery negative post to bare metal on the engine. You should see essentially 0 ohms. Try to start it while reading the battery voltage. If it drops below about 9 volts, have the battery load tested. If it is OK, the starter may be locked up or… the engine may be locked up. Try to turn it with a breaker bar on the dampener. Test the voltage at the low side of the starter solenoid while turing the key to start. You should see over 9 volts there, too. If there is no voltage at the solenoid low side, check the start relay in the fuse box. Swap it with a similar one nearby. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/6 "2020-09-22T19:50:32Z")
Also, some people stick a multimeter on an idle battery and think it’s tested. Batteries can read a good voltage when they aren’t being used, and then fail under load. So tell us how the battery was tested. ---
**Author:** ![Jonivanst\_170960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@Jonivanst\_170960](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jonivanst_170960)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/7 "2020-09-22T20:04:23Z")
yeah they were after… both + cable ends 12.4 and solenoid also all test about 10.8-11.2 when starting 0 at negative. engine not locked Starter turns when trying to start. Changed out Starter Relay with New… The Truck can be jump started fine. Could it be the immobilizer??? ---
**Author:** ![Jonivanst\_170960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@Jonivanst\_170960](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jonivanst_170960)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/8 "2020-09-22T20:08:15Z")
battery tested good 12.4 on and off car ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/9 "2020-09-22T20:14:12Z")
> [@Jonivanst\_170960](#): > > The Truck can be jump started fine. That suggests the battery doesn’t have enough power to start the engine. ---
**Author:** ![Jonivanst\_170960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@Jonivanst\_170960](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jonivanst_170960)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/10 "2020-09-22T20:18:20Z")
> [@Jonivanst\_170960](#): > > battery tested good 12.4 on and off car battery tested good 12.4 on and off car ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/11 "2020-09-22T20:20:05Z")
You need to have the battery tested with a tester, not a voltmeter. The fact that it starts with a jump makes me think the battery is weak. ---
**Author:** ![eddo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/eddo/32/2594_2.png) [@eddo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eddo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/12 "2020-09-22T20:23:14Z")
> [@Jonivanst\_170960](#): > > instead of starting it makes a clicking sound. > [@Jonivanst\_170960](#): > > Starter turns when trying to start. Which is it? ---
**Author:** ![Jonivanst\_170960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@Jonivanst\_170960](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jonivanst_170960)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/13 "2020-09-22T20:29:02Z")
it was tested with a battery tester ---
**Author:** ![Jonivanst\_170960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@Jonivanst\_170960](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jonivanst_170960)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/14 "2020-09-22T20:29:40Z")
it is both. it only ckicks but when undercar it does turn ---
**Author:** ![Jonivanst\_170960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@Jonivanst\_170960](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jonivanst_170960)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/15 "2020-09-22T20:36:21Z")
i really am at a loss… ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/16 "2020-09-22T20:41:05Z")
When the battery was tested, were they able to measure cranking amps and cold cranking amps? Tester ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/17 "2020-09-22T20:42:49Z")
How old is the battery? ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/18 "2020-09-22T20:49:02Z")
> [@Jonivanst\_170960](#): > > it was tested with a battery tester You’ve said that a lot. This is a battery tester: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/5/4/54f04fc4bc738422aea30803f6e5f0f35079c408.jpeg) This is also a battery tester: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/f/2fcaf20553906d25b4b3d8aaa37bf9e2cdda38df.jpeg) If whatever they tested your battery with looked more like the first image than the second, they didn’t test it right and you don’t know how the battery is performing. ---
**Author:** ![Jonivanst\_170960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@Jonivanst\_170960](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jonivanst_170960)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/19 "2020-09-22T20:52:07Z")
I have both. I tested with pic 1 first then tested with pic 2 All connections I tested with pic 1 ---
**Author:** ![Jonivanst\_170960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@Jonivanst\_170960](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jonivanst_170960)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/20 "2020-09-22T20:52:40Z")
maybe 6 months ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279/21 "2020-09-22T21:01:07Z")
If it starts with a jump why not go to a battery shop and let them determine if the battery is the problem ? [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-any-advice-1999toy-4runner-will-not-start-clicking-sound-all-starting-system-seems-good/170279.md?page=2)