HaplessKiotiOwner
New member
- Joined
- Aug 7, 2025
- Messages
- 3
- Tractor
- 2015 Kioti NX5510 Manual Open Station
Greetings and salutations,
My 2015 NX5510 manual open station has failed to start for some time now. It last started in late winter/early spring during which time I ran a regen cycle on it because it told me to. I did noticed it sounded a little weak when starting but I also note that I failed to fully let the glow plugs do their thing (ie I cranked the key not thinking about it). After a heavy spring rain I went to start it to groom the gravel road I live on and got nothing. The dash lit up, glow plug indicator went out as normal but when I cranked the key to start nothing happened. Suspecting maybe I had let the battery drain I gave it an overnight charge and tried again. Nothing. Tried several more times. Soon the dash lights got dim and I started to get relay clicks out of the fuse box. During one attempt the clicking stopped and suddenly the dash lit up again (I think I held the key in start a few extra seconds during this attempt) but still got no cranks out of the engine. I've figured whatever, I'll try again another day. That day was yesterday. Same symptoms. I can rule out the seat safety as the previous owner bypassed that prior to my purchase and it has never been an issue. So I broke out the multimeter. The battery is producing voltage and the same voltage can be read at the starter solenoid post that leads to the positive battery terminal. I've done my searching through the threads and found the starter circuit wiring chart posted as well as how to test the ignition switch which may also be an issue as it has been raining hard and often this year and some suggested that is an issue with open station. So I grabbed a piece of wire and with the tractor off I tried jumping the starter to see if I could hear the solenoid activate. Nothing. No sound at all. But I want to make sure I am testing this right. Per the image below (hopefully it post) I put one end of the wire on the battery lead terminal of the solenoid and the other end on what I believe is called the control post (the L shaped post with the smaller wire coming off of it that runs back under the hood). Since I was by myself and don't have a remote starter switch I figured this was the safe way to test, but it may be wrong. Do I need to have the key turned to test this? Also if I can get it to jump and start this way I am aware of how to test the start relay and the safety control module. Those along with the ignition switch will be my next points to test, so nobody needs to rehash that data for me. I just wanted to start at the easiest point which to me is the starter and solenoid and am for lack of a better term a mechanical idiot who probably shouldn't be working on anything.
My 2015 NX5510 manual open station has failed to start for some time now. It last started in late winter/early spring during which time I ran a regen cycle on it because it told me to. I did noticed it sounded a little weak when starting but I also note that I failed to fully let the glow plugs do their thing (ie I cranked the key not thinking about it). After a heavy spring rain I went to start it to groom the gravel road I live on and got nothing. The dash lit up, glow plug indicator went out as normal but when I cranked the key to start nothing happened. Suspecting maybe I had let the battery drain I gave it an overnight charge and tried again. Nothing. Tried several more times. Soon the dash lights got dim and I started to get relay clicks out of the fuse box. During one attempt the clicking stopped and suddenly the dash lit up again (I think I held the key in start a few extra seconds during this attempt) but still got no cranks out of the engine. I've figured whatever, I'll try again another day. That day was yesterday. Same symptoms. I can rule out the seat safety as the previous owner bypassed that prior to my purchase and it has never been an issue. So I broke out the multimeter. The battery is producing voltage and the same voltage can be read at the starter solenoid post that leads to the positive battery terminal. I've done my searching through the threads and found the starter circuit wiring chart posted as well as how to test the ignition switch which may also be an issue as it has been raining hard and often this year and some suggested that is an issue with open station. So I grabbed a piece of wire and with the tractor off I tried jumping the starter to see if I could hear the solenoid activate. Nothing. No sound at all. But I want to make sure I am testing this right. Per the image below (hopefully it post) I put one end of the wire on the battery lead terminal of the solenoid and the other end on what I believe is called the control post (the L shaped post with the smaller wire coming off of it that runs back under the hood). Since I was by myself and don't have a remote starter switch I figured this was the safe way to test, but it may be wrong. Do I need to have the key turned to test this? Also if I can get it to jump and start this way I am aware of how to test the start relay and the safety control module. Those along with the ignition switch will be my next points to test, so nobody needs to rehash that data for me. I just wanted to start at the easiest point which to me is the starter and solenoid and am for lack of a better term a mechanical idiot who probably shouldn't be working on anything.
