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Delayed cranking/starting when pressing starter button

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I have a 2007 Norge which has a problem when starting. Often it takes several seconds to begin cranking after the starter button is pressed. Sometimes it doesn't crank at all. The problem seems worse in cold weather - one time the headlight failed to come on after starting as well. Battery is brand new and connections were all cleaned and reassembled.

I'm thinking it is perhaps a relay, but I can't make any sense of which one it is. Any thoughts out there?
 
Thanks for the input - I'll give this a try - sounds plausible.
 
The other thing which could cause this is that the grease around the solenoid plunger has gone dry and sticky. This happened to mine. However, I would expect the B fuse to blow if this were happening.
Simple to fix, remove starter motor, remove solenoid case, clean out inside and round the plunger. Then smear a little oil on the plunger before reassembly.
 
Please no oil on the plunger - that's what causes it to gunk up in the first place. THIS ITEM SHOULD BE DRY!
 
A smear of light oil is far better than the grease they used on original assembly. It is a sealed unit so there should be little risk of crud getting in there to foul it up. Grease, on the other hand, dries out when it gets hot, and goes sticky. Raises the point, why do Bosch use grease?
 
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