intermittent starting problem

Asked by nezami Jul 31, 2013 at 11:28 AM about the 2006 Chrysler 300

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

starter only clicks sometimes starts and some times nothing happens.
Changed the battery  and it started but again started giving a clicking sound with out
turning the motor. tried to start in neutral it started.
Now nothing happens either in Park or neutral.
Can it be neutral switch?
Please help.
Thanks

3 Answers

the black battery cable 1/0 wire (fat) connects to the frame at a spot that must be wirebrushed clean and re-assembled...also the 1/0 cable leading to the motor block (near the alternator) must be corrosion free before bolting them back together~

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Got a 2006 Chrysler 300 touring. This might sound crazy -- I thought it was -- but I know these cars have very sophisticated anti-theft starting systems. My car was having intermittent starting problems. Off and on. Then I realized something -- the spare key was on the same key ring as the main fob. I removed it and tried again. It started right up and kept running. The next few days, I started it every two hours, started right up and kept running. If I try to start it with the spare key, it starts but shuts right down. I think, in my case, the starting system was sensing the spare key which was right next to the main key and wouldn't accept it. Since that key has been removed from the fob, I haven't had a single problem. In my case, it's a bad spare key adjacent to the main key. The anti-theft system must be sensing it and shutting it down. Have thrown away that key, and haven't had a single issue since. Anyone having this problem, please check your key ring for a spare. It worked in my case, and may work in yours. Good luck.

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My 2014 300S has had several occasions where my wife uses the second FOB and the next morning when I get in to start the car if simply does not start from my FOB. I sit, wait a few minutes then it engages my fob and starts - very annoying!! This happens every time we switch FOBS? is it FOB or the car software?

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