About the starter on my Chrysler town and country van?

Question 1
About the starter on my Chrysler town and country van?...  Hello,

This summer my husband and I traded in our 2010 dodge caravan for a 2007 Chrysler mini van. Well After my husband traded our 2010 in he was deployed overseas shortly after wards. Our 2008 has been sitting in our garage for the past five months, but I have been running it so that it. And moving it back and forth until he comes back this year in December. Well recently our van just shut off. We found out that it was not the battery that it may be the starter. So my question is. is it possible that we can get our old vehicle back the 2010 that we traded in because this van that we have now have not been driven around a lot and it is used. I'm afraid that this problem may have occurred before with the van we have now and the people at the car dealer did not tell us about it. We do have a warranty on the vehicle that we have now so what should we do or what can we do. Because I heard that a starter can cost a lot of money. Any suggestions. Thank you so much and many Blessings.

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1)   Starters ar not that expensive in fact if u look under starters in phone book u will see someone can rebuild it, (Like starters and alternators rebuilt.) but you still have to take it out and bring it in might be 50 bucks maybe 80. The last time u started it did it rarararararara well that means it was turning the motor and surely it still ok. now if it whent rarazzzzzzzzzzzzzzz rarazzzzzzz zzzz zzz
then that means its getting shot. But if it started fine last time rararavroom then its something else.
If your battery is ok it might just be a ground wire.

Sry there is no way u r gonna get the other car back.Ask some ladies u know if there husband/boyfreind can help gl. - scott

2)   Of course you will never be able to get your 2010 van back but about your 2008 you say the van just recently shut off, was the van running and then died or you were not able to start it? because if you been running the engine once a week or less, it is not enough to keep the battery strong enough to start the engine so the main thing to do is jump start it with another vehicle with jumper cables that are at least 4 gage because if you use 8 gage or higher it will not start your engine, now if while the jumping cables are connected your van start normal then it is not your starter, you just need to drive your for at least 30 minutes in the day time so you are not using your head lights and you can also take your vehicle to an auto shop to have the battery charged with a commercial charger and at the same time they may test it for you but also have a second opinion in the event that they tell you your battery is bad because they may just want to sell you a new battery. Good Luck! - King

3)   Use the warranty. - Jackolantern


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Question 2
how can I get my 2010 Chrysler 300 Touring AWD to switch back into 2 wheel drive from 4 wheel drive?...  First snow in Minnesota and the AWD drive kicked in, showing "4 drive" on the instrument cluster. Several days later with the roads clear, cluster still shows "4 drive" instead of "2 drive" and car seems to accelerate a bit slower. Is there a way to reset without a visit to the service dept?

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1)   What does the owners manual say?.......................%%% - **Uncle Jed Sez**

2)   It's probably in the owners manual somewhere. - The Great Brandini

3)   try puting it in neutral and switching it - lilangelsbuddy


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Question 3
i have a 96 Chrysler concord?...  it wont start i know its not the battery and it has gas it . it sounds like it wants to start but it just not turning over

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1)   Probably the starter or possibly the alternator. - Derek

2)   It sounds like you're saying it turns over but doesn't wanna start or that it's not turning it over fast enough.I'd want to be 100% sure that the battery terminals are clean and tight , plus the battery has enough power in it.If you check the battery posts and then test the battery via a parts store etc and all is okay then you could have bad connections going to and from the battery, starter , alternator and engine block ground , plus the starter has it's own ground too that could be rusted or corroded etc.

If it's a good battery and fully charged it will give out about 12.5 volts and up to 12.9 volts with the engine and ignition etc off.Once the car starts the alternator should be giving out a good 13.7-13.9 volts at the battery posts.

What engine is in your 96 3.3 or 3.5?Regardless what engine those vehicles are known to have bad connections such as corrosion or rust and due to age the main positive battery post wire that runs into that black plastic fuse/relay box under the hood it mounts via two screws to that box internally and that could be rusted etc , plus that wire plugs into a wire going to that box just outside of it and those male/female connectors can corrode too, also the wires themselves rot internally.

I do know that the starters on the 3.3 engines are one of the best parts on those vehicles bec their very durable and seem to last for many years.Also bec I've serviced my own vehicles and several like yours besides owning my own car like yours and I can tell you they all have these problems I've mentioned that require probably replacing the battery post connectors and the main engine block ground wire.Plus any other ground or battery or starter wires , also the posts I've mentioned all need a good cleaning with a wire brush and do them one by one, including the o-ring wire connectors.


Hope that helps and best of luck.By the way those have a few different ground connections one below the far left pulley if it's a 3.3 and two hiding below the battery mount on the inner frame rail, all these junctions use a main ground feed wire that runs from the battery post to that same inner frame local , plus they have several wires going to them that are all vital grounds for comps etc. - helpful bob


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Question 4
Chrysler mitsubishi 3.0 v6 Engine Diagram?...  Does anyone have a picture schematic of the Chrysler mitsubishi 3.0 v6 Engine? I've tried searching the internet and have yet to find any image with detailed information of the engine (broken down to the parts) so you could seen a completely dismantled view of the Mitsubishi 3.0 V6 engine. If you do have it possibly list a link to the image please

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1)   sometime the public library has copies of automotive books and they do it in the books/i know around here a guy that goes and looks stuff up there - ken k

2)   Your best bet would probably be to purchase a Haynes manual from your local automotive parts store. I have various Haynes manuals covering '90's model vehicles, Dynasty, Spirit, Caravans, etc. and they give a pretty good look at the 3.0.

You may find what you need or a Haynes manual at your local library too. - Don't know everything !


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Question 5
Does a Chrysler concorde 93 have a shut off switch.?...  

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1)   Yes, to shut it off, you turn the key cylinder opposite of the way you turn to start the car.


If you're asking if it has a fuel cut-off switch, then no, it doesn't have a switch. It uses a relay that controls both spark and fuel called an ASD relay (ASD = Auto Shut Down), it is located in the fuse/relay block under the hood. - Mark B

2)   Mark B is right. But the automatic shut down relay works only if the power control module receives a signal from the crank sensor. This is in case of an accident and the engine isn't running, the ASD will stop running the fuel pump. - Jackolantern


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