New to the forum. Thanks for sharing all your stories! We bought this last year and this has occurred about two dozen times. Haven't panicked yet, as it always starts after a second attempt. Sometimes the radio is on a null station, sometimes the clock loses time. Just that hesitation to start like a dead battery, and all the dealership could do was sell us a new battery. Okay, like many have said, and we did at the time, a new battery is better than an aging one...shrug. But no change in this symptoms. We haven't been stuck by it, and have taken it to Florida and the Poconos numerous times. The only aftermarket wiring I can find was the hookup for a sat phone or something that's not in there, just the dock in the center console, so it's not pulling any current, just created a leak in the third brake light housing through which they ran the antenna wire! I like the corroded wiring at the starter motor in an earlier post; I'll look there. But why do current-pulling issues work backward to the system that verifies the key is correct? Once it gets that signal shouldn't it be satisfied and get outta the way?
