Won't crank sometimes

Asked by Guru5HV88 Jan 17, 2018 at 09:06 PM about the 2014 Toyota Camry SE Sport

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 2014 Toyota camry se with 76000 miles
had it maintained at Toyota car lot and they have
seen no problems but  in the past month or so we
have had to get it jumped off twice right after we
get out of the car or cut off to pump gas we go to
crank it back and it just makes loud taping sounds
thought it might be battery or alternator we got
them checked out and both checked good which is
crazy bc you barely hook up jumper cables and the
car starts no problem would anybody know what is
the reason it is doing this

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I'd still be suspicious of the battery, it needs to be load tested, to ensure it doesn't have a dead cell. Even a battery with a dead cell can show 12V across the terminals but when you crank it and put it under a load, it'll drop. Try putting another battery in the car and see what happens.

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