Wanted to know if anyone has replaced the starter off a 5th gen. I have a 2016 sr5 with 72k miles and had crossed water a week ago. 2 days later on a cold start, the starter just clicks once. I reset and starts up just fine. No codes or errors given. Since then it has gotten worse as it takes a couple of tries to get it going. But only happens on cold starts. Ive been told it’s the solenoid on the starter. In the process I have managed to break the housing that holds the electrical plug. See pic below. Battery is new and all connection on it are good and tight. Regardless, now the starter has to be replaced because I broke that housing. I wanted to know how many screw are there and what is the easiest way to pull the starter off.

Thank you In advance for any advice and guidance.


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Never done it on a 5th Gen. Butattached are the fsm pages and the driver wheel well seems to be a good access. Hope it helps.

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It's been a while since I changed mine, so memory might be a bit fuzzy. Getting it to fit through the wheel well was a PITA. I was thinking at the end it may have been easier to remove the frnt drive shaft and get to it from the bottom, but didn't look too closely on how feasible that is.