i am just cursed

spasmcreeksrun

2002 rav4   awd auto....went out to shop and tried to start...tiny little click and dead battery....only been in few months...so to napa and new batt with old showing 9v dead cell....got new batt in and clamped down and with ignition OFF and key on seat hooked up + and - cables......10 seconds later  the damn thing  starts and  runs ..only way it shut off was insert key and twist to start short grind bendix and it dies ???????  totally charged new   batt  and next day it does the same chitt...never in all my years of vehicles and farm machinery...must be a relative of the movie car Christine....NO trouble before, only 140K miles  haven't a clue ?????

mogley98

Stuck starter solenoid? Bad switch? Or Ghost

hillbille

may have bad ignition switch, shorting out inside...........got any kind of anti-theft bs on it? that may have gone bad

varian

if  you havent done this already   try disconnecting the battery waiting about 10 minutes and reconnect.  sometimes this will get everything back in sync, good luck.

hillbille

I seem to remember shop said to keep jumper battery on car when switching out batteries to keep computer settings same, not sure how far back this would effect vehicles......

Smitty500mag

Plug one of these into your car's cigarette lighter outlet with a 9 volt battery before you remove your car battery to save your computer settings. 


 

Locust Fork

Smitty500mag said:

Plug one of these into your car's cigarette lighter outlet with a 9 volt battery before you remove your car battery to save your computer settings. 


 

My lands....that has to be the coolest little bit of info I'll probably never use, but cool to know is possible.

montanajoe

Locust Fork said:

Smitty500mag said:

Plug one of these into your car's cigarette lighter outlet with a 9 volt battery before you remove your car battery to save your computer settings. 


 

My lands....that has to be the coolest little bit of info I'll probably never use, but cool to know is possible.
+++ a gazillion.  I did not know this.   

76k20

search on the net of similar issues:

https://www.rav4world.com/threads/engine-keeps-running-when-key-is-turned-off-solved.73411/

hillbille

had any luck spasm??????????

spasmcreeksrun

haven't fooled with it yet ..to cold in shop and i don't feel like wrestling with it while wearing this monitor ...cannot imagine anything as simple as changing a battery screws up a vehicle completely .....an older one to boot.....will take the ideas presented and get a plan of action  when it warms up.....have a smaller heated area for the machine tools  but main part is not heated.....

spasmcreeksrun

well  SHAZAAM...went out and hooked  up cables...it started so i went in and hit the door locks and keyed  off and on yada yada yada...no different.....so killed it and unplugged the plugin to the alternator and went in did the same inside and it WORKED OK.......plugged the alternator  wires set back in and still works OK ????????????????????? will try again  later before i try a run down the road ....and will run a volt test on batt cable to see if there is any draw while all are off

select-fire

Glad you got it figured out