I doubt the service person did anything wrong. In today's cars with both engine and body computers, jump starting a car can be risky.
You're better off having the battery charged for an hour or so then trying to start it.
You may have to have the body computer scanned and possibly flashed to get everything working again. The body computer controls everything you mentioned. It could have lost some of the factory programming when the system was dead.
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Today's electronics are very sensitive to power surges such as jump-starting a car. If the body and engine computers loos all power they can also loose memory which has to be relearned or reinstalled much like computer programs. If the battery was dead as you described it, you could not be able to jump start it without letting the good battery build up voltage in the dead battery first. So he said wait a minute. 3. That small light can run a battery dead overnight. Which it probably did . You would have charged the battery for half an hour with a portable battery charger or by having the car towed to a garage. No I don't mean a diagnostic test. The dealer would use their scanner to reinstall data that may have been lost when the battery was dead.
If someone hooks up jumper cables reversed, most of the time the system would blow major fuses which protect the components. Charging the dead battery with a charger for an hour or so would be safer because a portable charger will put 10 or 20 amps into the battery instead of 200 or more. Even hooking up the jumper cables and waiting 10 min is better than nothing since it gives the dead battery a chance to build back up before you turn the key on. Once you start the car driving it is an acceptable way to charge the battery - keep in mind the car is using some of the electricity the alternator is putting out at the same time. A solar charger is probably rated at 5 amps which is good but not designed to charge a dead battery. I tell my customers to run the car for at least 30 min before turning it off when the battery is low. I hope this clears up any misunderstandings you may have had.
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SOURCE: car alarm preventing car from starting
1999 CONCORDE: check the battery terminals probably they are not tight enough...something like that happened to me just the lights turned on and the car seemed to be dead, the battery is still ok since then. I just needed to buy new terminals.
SOURCE: CLIMATE CONTROL BULBS DEAD SEBRING 2000
According to the Chrysler manual the heater/AC control unit bulbs can only be serviced by an "authorized service center after removal from vehicle" If your comfortable taking it apart to look anyway it probably can't hurt.
SOURCE: 2000 Chrysler 300M. Gauges and controls not working
how about if you disconnect the battery for 10 sec and reconnet. if no fix look for blown fuse under the hood look also near the steering column for more fuses
SOURCE: 2002 Chrysler Sebring won't start
First thing is first, check fuses all of them this might save a lot of money if u doing your self. A seize engine won't crank or turn the word says it seized. Remember when u turn your ignition switch on a lot of light turn on on the dashboard, so maybe your ignition switch is bad. But remember what first is first
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Re: 2000 Chrysler Sebring. I tested the following problems after AAA gave me a jump: QUESTION #1: A. Why did following happen? B. What could AAA have done incorrectly to have cause these problems? a.) When door was opened, "Interior Lights Not Working." a.) When door was opened, no alarm sounded "With Keys Left In Ignition." c.) When door was opened, no alarm sounded "With Headlights Left On." (Then 3 weeks later, the above worked)! QUESTION #2: A. Climate Control did not work correctly. a.) No control speeds worked except "High." b.) A/C is cool, "Not Cold?" c.). Heat is luke warm, "Not Hot?" (Still months later, Not Working Properly).
QUESTION 1. RE #1: In today's cars with both engine and body computers, jump starting a car can be risky. PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THIS CAN IT BE RISKY? QUESTION 2. When AAA 1st tried to jump my battery in the wheel well, it didn't turn over. He said stop. Then a minute later he said, "Now try it" I have been wondering ever since if he wasn't very skilled or just not paying attention when he 1st connected it. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE CABLES WERE ORIGINALLY REVERSED? QUESTION 3. By only leaving my tiny light on the mirror on overnight and since my battery was less than 1 year old, SHOULDN'T IT HAVE TURNED OVER IMMEDIATELY? QUESTION 3. RE #2: You're better off having the battery charged for an hour or so then trying to start it. A.) HOW WOULD I HAVE DONE THIS? B.). After AAA jumped my battery (inside the wheel well), I let my car run 20 minutes, then drove 20 miles in a lot of traffic. WOULDN'T THIS HAVE CHARGED MY BATTERY MORE? C.) Also, I bought a 12v Solar Panel for my windshield from the AAA man. WOULDN'T THIS HAVE ALSO BEEN A SOLUTION TO CHARGING MY BATTERY EVEN MORE WHILE DRIVING? QUESTION 4. RE #3: You may have to have the body computer scanned and possibly flashed to get everything working again. A.) DO YOU MEAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST? B.) PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT FLASHING MEANS? C.) AND, HOW IT IS FLASHED?
Will leaving a interior mirror light on cause the battery to fail
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