MY 03 raptor has been been sitting in the garage for a few months and I tried starting it first i had a dead battery so i charged it and it made a awful buzzing sound in the starter relay when i hit the starter switch .... I thought it was a bad battery so i bought a new one,... same thing bad buzzing sound when you try to start it (engine does not turn over) lights and everything else work but will not start.... so then i thought it was a bad starter relay...... put a new one in and still bad buzzing didnt fix it [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] I have checked connections at the battery and at the solenoid and tighted it all .... still no engine turn over... I jumped the starter with a screw driver and it started to turn over... so i dont think the starter is bad... (never had probs ) sooo i dont know what to do other than take it to the dealership... any ideas what might be the prob???

 

Sounds like to me that your solenoid is bad have you tride to jump the solenoid with a screwdriver???

 

yea i have swapped out the solenoid already... and when i jump it the engine turns over.... soo is it a bad ground ??

 

clean all the battery/solenoid connection

most likely just some corrosion

 

yea u got a bad connection i had the same thing happen to my raptor once it just does that nasty buzz noise i tightened up all my batter connections and it worked

 

turned out to be a bad battery.. thanks for all the help

 

I thought u bought a new battery already?

 

I have lighting problems with my 03 raptor :for low the lights dont come on at all
:for high it is funny sometimes on elight will come on instead of two
also one light may come on for high but eventually the other will come on to.

Do you think I have the same problem as the other person.

 

I would check the connectors where the headlights plug in.

 

yea i would say headlight connections