I have a '97 Tacoma with 124k miles on it. Sometimes when I go to start the truck it decides that it doesn't want to start on the first turn of the key. I may have to sit there and turn the key 10-20 times before it cranks up. It doesn't do this every time though, sometimes she starts right up, all I can say is that it's random. Now, if I hit the Clutch/Start Cancel button sometimes it'll start right up after I've tried to start it a few times but this doesn't always work either so it may be coincidence.

I took the truck to Advance and got them to run a diagnostic test on it and the results came back pointing to the voltage regulator on the alternator. They said the battery and starter were fine. So I replaced the alternator. When I tried to crank the truck up the first time it did the same thing but then seemed to crank right up after it finally cranked up. I even took it back down to Advance to make sure everything was looking good and it was. Well it cranked up for about two weeks with no problems, even if I cranked ten times a day or left it sitting for 3 days. Then one day it decided to start having the same problem again.

If you've got any ideas let me know because I'm really not sure. The only thing that I can think to check is my clutch to make sure that the switch is being depressed when I mash the clutch down.

Thanks in advance!