Not Starting Very frequently my van will not start, there is power to everything else. It seems like there is a kill switch or something that is not letting it run. Sometimes it starts and runs just fine, then the next time I get in it , it will not start.

Every now and than my 98 town and country will not start. there is power everywhere, but nothing when I turn the key. some times it will last for days, but I can go to start it and it starts like nothing ever happened. Is there a kill switch. I bought it from a chrysler dealer used. They have not found the problem, because the car is running when I take it to them. Every now and than my 98 town and country will not start. there is power everywhere, but nothing when I turn the key. some times it will last for days, but I can go to start it and it starts like nothing ever happened. Is there a kill switch. I bought it from a chrysler dealer used. They have not found the problem, because the car is running when I take it to them.

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I have a 1998 Chrysler Town and Country and for the last year or so, you could drive the van and all will be great. You park it, go in a store, come out and the van won't start. If you let the van sit a while, it will start up no problem. Have taken it in to get checked out and no one seems to know what the problem is. I am seeing online that there are numerous amount of people that have this same problem with no clue how to resolve. Sounds as if it should be on a recall.



Has anyone ever figured out what is causing this? I have a 1998 Chrysler Town and Country and for the last year or so, you could drive the van and all will be great. You park it, go in a store, come out and the van won't start. If you let the van sit a while, it will start up no problem. Have taken it in to get checked out and no one seems to know what the problem is. I am seeing online that there are numerous amount of people that have this same problem with no clue how to resolve. Sounds as if it should be on a recall.

Has anyone ever figured out what is causing this?

I have a 1998 Town & Country and ocasionally it does not start. The alarm activates and there is no way I can deactivate it. It will deactivate on its own at any time. We have taken the van to the mechanic and he has not been able to fix it. I have a 1998 Town & Country and ocasionally it does not start. The alarm activates and there is no way I can deactivate it. It will deactivate on its own at any time. We have taken the van to the mechanic and he has not been able to fix it.

I have 2000 Town and Country that at times will not crank. Has power, lights, radio, and you can not jump it off. I have replaced the battery and wires. Put in a new starter. You can hear the relay switch (fuse box) click when you turn the key.Ever so often it still does it. Sometimes you can back a few hours later and it will crank. Then it may not do it for several weeks. I have 2000 Town and Country that at times will not crank. Has power, lights, radio, and you can not jump it off. I have replaced the battery and wires. Put in a new starter. You can hear the relay switch (fuse box) click when you turn the key.Ever so often it still does it. Sometimes you can back a few hours later and it will crank. Then it may not do it for several weeks.

I have a 1998 Chrysler T/C and have the same problem; As we speak my vehicle is sitting at my mother's house because it would not start two Friday nights ago when I was attempting to leave. This has happened more than once and a mechanic re-attached a wire in the dashboard last year. For a time the problem went away but I have no horn since they re-attached the wire. Has anyone thought of a class action complaint so that Chrysler will diligently look at this problem? I just spent 1$1747. on this vehicle that is 10 years old. I cannot afford to keep putting money into it and pay $60.00 per tank for gas twice a month, minimum. This must be a defect that should be recalled inmass. Any solutions? I have a 1998 Chrysler T/C and have the same problem; As we speak my vehicle is sitting at my mother's house because it would not start two Friday nights ago when I was attempting to leave. This has happened more than once and a mechanic re-attached a wire in the dashboard last year. For a time the problem went away but I have no horn since they re-attached the wire. Has anyone thought of a class action complaint so that Chrysler will diligently look at this problem? I just spent 1$1747. on this vehicle that is 10 years old. I cannot afford to keep putting money into it and pay $60.00 per tank for gas twice a month, minimum. This must be a defect that should be recalled inmass. Any solutions?

I have the very same issue. Today I jumped in the van to go get something to eat and it started and stalled, started and stalled, started and stalled and then would not turn over and start again. I am at a loss, this vehicle has been a good running van with the exception of the dash not working intermittently, this is the second time that it stalled when I started it but the last time I managed to keep it running and just got some fuel additive thinking that would do the trick. It is obviously electrical, I have battery power, lights, radio but it will not turn over and run. Frustrating...Help!! I have the very same issue. Today I jumped in the van to go get something to eat and it started and stalled, started and stalled, started and stalled and then would not turn over and start again. I am at a loss, this vehicle has been a good running van with the exception of the dash not working intermittently, this is the second time that it stalled when I started it but the last time I managed to keep it running and just got some fuel additive thinking that would do the trick. It is obviously electrical, I have battery power, lights, radio but it will not turn over and run. Frustrating...Help!!

Our 1999 Town and Country experiences the same thing. After the third try it will shut down completely and will not even turn over. It has left us stranded several times for an hour or more but when checked for codes at a garage nothing can be found

When you turn the ignition to the on point (just before the turnover point) the gauges do not move nor does the gearshift indicator come on. This is an indication it is going to do this. By "popping" it on the left side of the dash it will cause the gauges to register, the indicatior light will come on, and it will start right up with no problems whatsoever. So we have developed a habit of checking these indicators before we turn it on completely. By various internet searches I think it may be the instrument cluster but have not been able to get this replaced yet to verify it is the problem Our 1999 Town and Country experiences the same thing. After the third try it will shut down completely and will not even turn over. It has left us stranded several times for an hour or more but when checked for codes at a garage nothing can be found
When you turn the ignition to the on point (just before the turnover point) the gauges do not move nor does the gearshift indicator come on. This is an indication it is going to do this. By "popping" it on the left side of the dash it will cause the gauges to register, the indicatior light will come on, and it will start right up with no problems whatsoever. So we have developed a habit of checking these indicators before we turn it on completely. By various internet searches I think it may be the instrument cluster but have not been able to get this replaced yet to verify it is the problem

i have 1998 chyrsler town&country lxi will not start i have power everywhere except it will not start i have 1998 chyrsler town&country lxi will not start i have power everywhere except it will not start

So I'm not alone! EXACT same problems here.Every 7-10 days the #$!#@$# thing will not start. I let it sit anywhere from 4-24 hours and then it does. Spent $175 towing it down to the dealer - it started for them of course. Couldn't diagnose it then. Left it there for a month, and they said they went out and started it every day with no problems. 3 days after i picked it up, it happened again! Just removed the IOD fuse. When I turn the van on, no security light comes on. I'm convinced the problem is with the security system, which Chrysler says cannot be disabled. Hope this works. So I'm not alone! EXACT same problems here.Every 7-10 days the #$!#@$# thing will not start. I let it sit anywhere from 4-24 hours and then it does. Spent $175 towing it down to the dealer - it started for them of course. Couldn't diagnose it then. Left it there for a month, and they said they went out and started it every day with no problems. 3 days after i picked it up, it happened again! Just removed the IOD fuse. When I turn the van on, no security light comes on. I'm convinced the problem is with the security system, which Chrysler says cannot be disabled. Hope this works.