1998 Chrysler Town And Country

VEHICLE STARTS & DIES, STARTS & DIES AND AFTER A FOUR OR FIVE ATTEMPTS...IT WON'T START AT ALL. AFTER A FEW HOURS OR DAYS IT WILL START RIGHT UP. WHEN IT DOES THIS THE GAUGES ARE ALL FLATLINED. SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING, THE GAUGES FLATLINE AND ALARM SET LIGHT COMES ON AS WELL AS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT. NO CODES COME UP FOR THIS PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THE DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE $119 JUST TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY....NEW BATTERY, NEW STARTER...AMONG MANY OTHER NEW ITEMS. HAVE NOT REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH, BRAIN, OR INSTRUMENT PANEL. HAVE BEEN TOLD IT COULD BE EITHER ONE OF THESE THINGS......I AM TIRED OF JUST PUTTING IN RANDOM PARTS. *TR

HAS HAPPENED OVER 100 TIMES. DASHBOARD GAUGES ALL REMAIN AT ZERO, CAR WILL NOT START. TURNS OVER, THEN DIES IMMEDIATELY. I BELIEVE IT IS THE SECURITY SYSTEM KILLING THE CAR. AFTER 5 STARTS, WON'T EVEN TURN OVER. HAVE PAID FOR NEW ALTERNATOR, NEW STARTER, MECHANIC LOOKED AT NUMEROUS TIMES. **FINALLY FIXED** MECHANIC HAD ANOTHER CUSTOMER WITH SAME PROBLEM. FOUND IT WAS THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHICH NEEDED REPLACING. AT A COST OF $700 FOR OTHER CUSTOMER. I WENT WITH A USED MODEL WHICH IS RISKY, BUT IT HAS NOT DONE THIS AGAIN AT ALL FOR 7 MONTHS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS ON THIS SITE ABOUT THIS, AND I THOUGHT I WOULD HELP PEOPLE OUT WHO HAVE ALSO SPENT A TON OF MONEY ON THIS PROBLEM, WITH NO RESOLUTION. *TR

-GAUGES ON DASH LOOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING -WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES LIGHT UP ON INFORMATION CLUSTER -OFTEN CAR WILL NOT CRANK ENGINE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START, BANGING ON DASH WILL CAUSE GAUGES TO WORK, AND THEN CAR WILL START. SEVERAL TIMES CAR WILL START AND DIE AFTER A FEW SECONDS, AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS, CAR WILL NOT START FOR SEVERAL HOURS, LEAVING FAMILY STRANDED WITH NO TRANSPORTATION. *TR

ON A REGULAR BASIS, VAN WILL NOT REMAIN RUNNING. START VEHICLE AND IT STALLS IMMEDIATELY. IT WILL DO THIS FOR 5-6 STARTS, THEN WILL NOT EVEN TURN OVER. ALL GAUGES GO TO ZERO, NO DIGITAL ODOMETER, ETC. IF LEFT FOR A FEW HOURS, WILL START AGAIN. SOMETIMES GAUGES ZERO OUT WHILE DRIVING. USUALLY, TAPPING ON THE DASH HARD WILL RETURN THEM TO OPERATING POSITION. BUT NOT ALWAYS. HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS ANYTHING FROM ALARM SYSTEM, MAIN COMPUTER, AFTERMARKET AUTOMATIC STARTER SHUTTING DOWN ALARM. ONE DEALER REPLACED STARTER FOR +$300. DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF THESE VANS, AS I CAN SEE BY READING ON THE INTERNET, AND THIS SITE. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR 3+ YEARS. NO SOLUTION. *TR

ON INTERMITTENT OCCASIONS THE MINIVAN WILL NOT START. IT WILL RUN FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS THEN STALL. AFTER 3-5 ATTEMPTS AT STARTING, IT WILL DO NOTHING AT ALL, NOT EVEN TURN OVER, BUT ALL THE GAUGES WORK. THIS EVENT DOES NOT GENERATE AN ERROR CODE. AFTER RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE AN HOUR OR TWO LATER THE CAR STARTS NORMALLY AND WILL BE FINE FOR DAYS. SERVICE TECH'S ARE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM - BATTERY, FUSES, STARTER, ARE ALL FINE. *JB

MY COMPLAINT IS VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TO A PREVIOUS ONE, NUMBERED 10167790. MY CAR WILL START, RUN FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN SHUT OFF. AFTER A FEW TRIES, IT WON'T TURN OVER AT ALL. THIS HAPPENS AT RANDOM TIMES. IT'S A GAMBLE AS TO WHETHER THE CAR WILL START OR NOT, WHEN I GO OUT. IT SEEMS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE THEFT DETERRENT SYSTEM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE LAST TWO TIME THIS HAPPENED, PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING, NY CAR ALARM WOULD SET ITSELF OFF, WHEN OPENING THE DOOR. *NM

WHEN TRYING TO START IT WILL RUN FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN CUT OFF, AFTER A FEW TRIES IT WON'T EVEN TURN OVER. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR IT MIGHT START AND IT MIGHT NOT. I TOOK IT TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP NEARBY AND THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT MY CAR, BECAUSE IT HAD OVER 100K MILES. BUT WITH ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, THEY CONFESSED THAT THEY COULD PUT A LOT OF HOURS AND PARTS INTO THE VAN, AND STILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED, WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE TURNS OVER, RUNS FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN SHUTS OFF. AFTER A FEW MINUTES TO AN HOUR, THE VEHICLE WILL RESTART AND CONTINUE TO RUN. THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DO NOT OPERATE AT TIMES. THE DEALER CAN NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM NOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING HAS NOT REGISTERED ANY CODES.