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unknownsnake

unknownsnake

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I am pretty lost on this one so I been working on getting car ready this year and the car randomly doesn't want to crank over. I tried starting in and park or neutral and I get nothing. I tried messing with shift linkage since I had so many problems with it last year and got nothing there either. I hooked up and push button and the starter cracks right over. I walked away yesterday to think about it and I go in garage and it starts right up with key! So does anyone have any idea what would cause this or what I should look over?
 
checked those, there tight and no correction from being new battery last year
 
Starter relay or the ignition switch either one.
It can be determined by having power at the solenoid activation wire or not when the key is turned.
A disconnect of the neutral safety switch wire will do this also.
 
Had a similar scenario on the Duster. Traced it back to some funky bulkhead connections. I wiggled them and it would start...

Pat
 
Divenut said:
Had a similar scenario on the Duster. Traced it back to some funky bulkhead connections. I wiggled them and it would start...

Pat
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I don't have a bulk head I replaced all the wiring with painless setup
 
unknownsnake said:
that's where I hooked the button and car rolled right over
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If you turn the key to the run position and then jumper the solenoid and the car starts and continues to run I would replace the solenoid, if the car never starts I would say it something between the switch, starter and power going the solenoid.
 
Use jumper wire to ground neutral safety switch wire at solenoid, pull off and jump to ground. See if this stops your erratic starting issue. This test will eliminate any issues with your neutral safety switch or any linkage mis-alignment issues.
 
Some of you guys need to review your terminology. The "solenoid" is on the starter, and you don't ground anything on it. The starter RELAY is on the firewall and that is where I'd start

You have two small "push on" flag terminals. One gets grounded through the neutral safety switch in neutral or park. You can follow it down the firewall to the transmission. The remaining one, usually yellow, is hot when the key is twisted to start and fires the relay when the other flag is grounded

Check for voltage on the start wire, and check for voltage on the neutral switch terminal. This is with the key in "start"

You SHOULD have voltage on the one from the key and should have nearly ZERO on the one going to the transmission/ neutral switch

AND WHAT YEAR MODEL IS YOUR CAR!!!!!
 
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