Not starting no noise

[Mojeans69]

Ok I'm a noob on here I just got a 2002 4.4 x5 about 5 months ago and for the last couple of months when I would try to start the car sometimes it wouldnt start I turn the key and nothing all I hear is the sound of the fuel pump no cranking or anything....yesterday it didn't start everytjne I tried I would have to turn the key off and keep trying to start it and then turn it off after doin this a number of times it would finally start.. I'm thinking the starter and the ideas?

[gcharala]

is it the fuel pump you hear or the starter solenoid?

[Mojeans69]

I just had someone else try to start it while I listened in the engine bay I don't know what a starter soleniod sounds like but I do hear something like a relay making contact on the drivers side...I don't know where the starter is on this car been looking from the top and can't spot it anywhere

[msammy]

What is the sound that you're hearing? When you turn the key, is it a constant click-click-click sound until you let off of the key?

[Mojeans69]

There's the humming of the fuel pump and there a click while the key is turned to start and then a click when the key is turned back

[X Wife]

Hi there, my 2001 3.1 does this too. It's a bad key. Reprogramming the key every few days does the trick, but it will need a new key for the long run, I'm sure.

[Mojeans69]

Got a new key been working fine