Final Edit - I think it was a simple bad battery terminal connection. Will know tomorrow. Thanks to all who gave this any thought at all.
2001 4.6 L Grand Marquis. New Battery and Alternator. On a regular basis, I go out to start the car, and nada.
I disconnect and then reconnect the battery and all is fine. It turns over like crazy and starts right up.
When this first happened - just after replacing the alternator about a month ago - I was advised that one of my keys probably had a bad transponder. I got the other key - nothing. I disconnected and reconnected the battery - bingo!
This vehicle has less than 75k miles on it and I drive less than 5k per year. The problem I described is happening more frequently.
One other goofy thing - sometimes it remembers the radio station I was listening to, sometimes it does not after the reconnect.
If anybody has had an experience like this, I'd appreciate knowing how it was resolved.
Thanks in advance. I scrolled through 8 months of posts and did not see a similar problem.
ETA - this vehicle has only the standard security system. You can't start the vehicle unless you are inside the vehicle. No after market gadgets at all.
2nd Edit - When I say nada above, I mean nothing, no warning lights, no cranking, nothing. Sometimes the light under the hood works before I disconnect the battery, sometimes not.
2001 4.6 L Grand Marquis. New Battery and Alternator. On a regular basis, I go out to start the car, and nada.
I disconnect and then reconnect the battery and all is fine. It turns over like crazy and starts right up.
When this first happened - just after replacing the alternator about a month ago - I was advised that one of my keys probably had a bad transponder. I got the other key - nothing. I disconnected and reconnected the battery - bingo!
This vehicle has less than 75k miles on it and I drive less than 5k per year. The problem I described is happening more frequently.
One other goofy thing - sometimes it remembers the radio station I was listening to, sometimes it does not after the reconnect.
If anybody has had an experience like this, I'd appreciate knowing how it was resolved.
Thanks in advance. I scrolled through 8 months of posts and did not see a similar problem.
ETA - this vehicle has only the standard security system. You can't start the vehicle unless you are inside the vehicle. No after market gadgets at all.
2nd Edit - When I say nada above, I mean nothing, no warning lights, no cranking, nothing. Sometimes the light under the hood works before I disconnect the battery, sometimes not.