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Have no power from battery for anything in car put booster cables on and had power, made weird noise threw radio when i tried to start, also horn started to sound as soon as i hooked up cables
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Does anything work at all on battery? Lights, horn, wipers, radio, power seats, power windows? If nothing works, look for a a "fusible link" that's designed to blow open, to save the wiring harness from catching on fire!
make sure they charged all the way up, then check for corrosion inside the cables. you'll have to strip away some of the outer insulation, so do it by the battery post.
THIS ALL DEPENDS ARE YOU GETTING A RAPID CLICKING NOISE OR JUST ONE CLICK WHEN YOU TURN THE KEY OR TOTALLY NOTHING AT ALL MOST LIKELY THE POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX CABLE CONNECTOR IS DIRTY OR CORRODED AND NEEDS TO BE CLEANED IT ALSO COULD BE YOUR BATTERY CABLES EVENTHOUGH THERE'S POWER AND THE HORN AND LIGHTS WORK THERE MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH VOLTAGE FOR THE STARTER TO (A)CRANK (B) THE STARTER ITSELF CAN BE GONE BUT IT'S BEST TO TRY THE THINGS I'VE LISTED FIRST ELECTRICAL CLEANING ALL CONNECTORS RELATED TO THE BATTERY STARTER AND POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX THEN LET THE BATTERY CHARGE UP HOOKED UP FOR 15 MINUTES DO NOT TURN THE KEY JUST LET IT TAKE THE POWER THEN UN HOOK THE CABLES AND TRY TO START IT THIS IS BECAUSE YOU WILL BLOW OUT THE ALTENATORS IN BOTH CARS EVEN IF THERE'S A FRAME GROUND FROM TO MUCH RACING THE ENGINE IF THE GROUND SHOULD COME LOOSE /OLD CABLES NOW THERE'S GOING TO BE TO CARS BROKE DOWN INSTEAD OF ONE GOOD LUCK STEPHEN
I would recommend looking closely at your illumination circuit. There is a gray wire that if shorted could prevent the digital guages from displaying. I would look at the radio connections, especially if you have an aftermarket radio. Also, look around the lighter and maybe a bad dimmer switch.
To trace the problem with the horn fuse, look for shorts in the orange wire. Common places are around the radio or the screws that secure the panels under the dash (floor lights on the dome circuit).
As far as the no start, sound like old and dirty terminals and/or cables.
Ensure your Stratus's ignition is in the "Off" position, and turn off anything that uses battery power, such as lights, radio and heater blower. Park the booster car close enough to the dead car that you can connect the jumper cables to both batteries, but make sure the two vehicles aren't touching. Connect one red (+) clamp of the cables to the booster battery's positive terminal. Connect the other red clamp to the Stratus' "Remote Terminal." The terminal is located next to the air filter assembly, and is marked with a "+" and the word "Positive." Dodge uses these remote terminals to reduce the risk of explosion caused by sparks near the battery. Connect one of the black (-) cable clamps to the negative terminal on the booster battery. Connect the other black clamp to the negative "Remote Terminal" on the Stratus, located on the opposite side of the air filter assembly from the positive terminal. It is a marked with a "-" and the word "Negative."Start the booster car, if not already running, and apply slight pressure to the gas pedal to make it idle faster. Wait a few minutes and attempt to start the Stratus. If it cranks a little, but still won't start, continue charging the battery. Once the Stratus starts, leave it running and disconnect the jumper cables in reverse order of the way you attached them.
First try boosting car with extra battery, attach posotive cable of booster battery to posotive cable of your battery and negative cable of booster battery to engine block, never to negative post of your battery, If it still does not turn over,Try turning over the motor with a socket and stong arm attched to crankshaft bolt. It could be that your motor has seized due to lack of lubrication
When you try and start the vehicle does all the lights and radio and stuff go off? And does the starter make any weird noises when you try and start it? I would go to the parts store and ask them to check your battery if you can drive it there. lol..........they will be happy to check it out for you. Still acts like it could be a battery issue.
most likely its not the fuel injectors, if you here a noise when you attempt to start the car it may be the starter trying to start the engine, if this is the case it is most likely a fuel rail issue or fuel pump the intrepid has always had a poor quality fuel pump which is in tank. if you dont here anything and your horn works and lights and radio then your starter or starter relay or stater solenoid may need to be replaced. if nothing inside works like horn or radio the there may be a ground-strap broken or your battery is dead or the battery cables went bad or broke.
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