Hey guys. New member and just purchased a 2011 kk. Also have a 2000 xj. Yesterday had an interesting happening. Pulled into work, shut off the car and was listening to the radio for about 10-15mins. Noticed I may have been a bit close to the car next to me so I decided to straighten up my park job. Went to turn the key to start, jeep cranks, hit once, and then continued to crank with no start. This happened about another 5 times. Tried taking key out, putting it back in and starting. No change . I did notice that the electronic throttle control light stayed illuminated throughout the entire cranking cycle. I popped the hood, checked connections to the throttle body, tapped on it a few times, and the jeep fired right up. Whether or not this is a coincidence or not is yet to be seen, but I've had other vehicles that the idle air control valve has failed, vehicle wouldn't start, but tapping on the iac has "fixed" that issue. The way I understand it is that the iac is integrated into the throttle body assembly. Is this a possibility? Has anyone ever had this issue?
Also one other thing. The door unlock button on the key fob is worn out. I doesn't work. The lock button, panic, and back glass pop buttons do work. So usually when I unlock the jeep with the key in the door, when the door is opened, the alarm sounds and the key must be put in the ignition to stop it. I don't know if this is normal or not, but it's been the norm for this thing. Right after I got the jeep running again, I shut it off, locked the doors (which did work which makes me think it's not the wireless control module), unlocked it with the key and the alarm did not sound. I did this about 4 times. Eventually after repeated attempts, the alarm did sound per the norm for this vehicle.
I did hook the scanner to pull codes, and there were no active or stored codes to be found.
I guess I'm confused as to whether or not I should be hunting a key/electrical problem, or a mechanical problem.
Sorry for the book, but I like to be thorough.
Thanks for letting me be a part of the forum and thank you in advance for the help fellas!
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