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I have a 2005 chysler pacifica, about a week ago i started having problems starting the car it would start at times and at others you turn the key and nothing happens no clicking not sound at all besides the fuel pump turning over i used to be able to turn the key on and off a few times then and it would start but now it wont at all. I jumped the started and it was turning it but the car would not start im thinking their is some kind of security feature stoping me for starting it like that.. does anyone have any ideas or a wiring layout from the ignition to the starter so i can start tracing back
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Sounds like you are having a problem with the starting motor. When activated, it throws out a gear to engage with the flywheel on the end of the engine. If there is not enough energy to fully engage the gear, or the gear does not engage properly due to misalignment, you may hear a grinding noise. Have the starting motor serviced or replaced.
It sounds like you need a new starter. Your armature has few dead spots on it and every time you turn the key it moves just a little until you hit a good spot and then it spins and the car starts
grinding, clicking but not turning over, free spinning ( as in the starter seems to engage and spin but does not turn the engine over, and if you turn the key and nothing happens however starter problems are commonly misdiagnosed as battery problems so test your battery extensively before you conclude its the starter
The starter solenoid may be faulty. If you know where it is, short the two battery terminals, on the solenoid, together with a scewdriver or something similar. If the starter turns then the solenoid is faulty.
I don't know if this will solve your problem but my daughter-in-laws 2005 Relay was having a similar problem with starting, sometimes it would start, other times you would have to keep cranking the vehicle. I went under the front hood and opened up the fuse and relay box on the left side of the engine. There is a ignition relay in which I took out and cleaned the contact pins with Scotch-brite because the pins looked like there was some build up on them. It has been over a week now and the vehicle has started every time on the first try.
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