1998 sebring v6 2.5 convertible

SOURCE: Car Shuts off after driving

either needs a new ignition relay or the wireing harness was not properly reconnected when the transmition was installed

Testimonial: "Taking it in tomorrow morning and I will definitely mention this. Thanks"

SOURCE: CAR WON'T START. NOT BATTERY. CHANGED FUSE AND RAN

There are way too many possibilities for us to try to start to diagnose your car. . Id check all fuses and fusible links if I were you., Body shops often jump start cars that are in their shops for long periods of time, Jump starting can cause alot of issues.

SOURCE: 2002 Sebring Convertible Start/Fuel fuse blows intermittently

HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE AND THE STARTER HAS BEEN THE CULPRIT..HAVE NEVER REPLACED A FUEL PUMP ON ONE OF THESE VEHICLES AT ALL

Testimonial: "I replaced the starter. This job is quite substantial. Also found the nut connecting the cable to the starter coil was not tight. I think it is fixed."

SOURCE: check guages light comes on after short drive

It sounds like the Alternator is actually bad.
One great way to determine this:
Recharge the new battery with a trickle charge overnight. Make sure use remove the wires going to the Battery before recharging.
Replace the Battery Wires.
Get the Vehicle Started.
When it has Started: Leave it Running and Disconnect and Remove the Negative side of the Battery. If the Vehicle dies, it is the Alternator that is bad, and needs to be replaced..
The Battery starts that vehicle, and provides nominal power to certain accessories. The Alternator actual Runs the Engine and Recharges the Battery with a low trickled charge.

Iron

• 3018 Answers
• Posted on Jul 26, 2011

SOURCE: After driving about 10 miles

• There could be a couple of things going on here.

1. The first thing you want to do is check all the cable wires both positive and negative to make sure you are getting a good connection. Check the battery wires and the clamps as well as the starter and alternator wires. Them cables can rot under the insulation and you would never know if you did not inspect them real well. Look for negated wiring insulation that will make the wires short.

• Flat out the reason your car is dying is because the alternator is failing. When the alternator fails then the battery starts to be drained. When the battery runs out of deliverable Amps there is nothing left to run the vehicle and it dies. If the alternator does not spin to send a charge to the battery then both will fail The battery has one function and that is to start the vehicle via the starter, that's it, the alternator does the rest. The reason you have to jump start the battery every time is because the battery is the only thing running the vehicle but the battery alone won't last but a minute or two and then will die again.

1. I'd like you to also look under the hood while the vehicle is running and tell me do you see the pulley on the alternator turning properly? Or is it hung up or not turning at all? Make sure it is not some other pulley preventing the pulley from turning.

• I don't know how the alternator was "benched tested." the way an alternator is checked a couple real good ways.

1. One of the sure ways to test the alternator is to start the vehicle and then pull the positive cable off the battery. If the vehicle starts running then the alternator is good. If not then it is shoot.
2. Another way is to get a Volt meter and put it on the leads on the connections of the alternator and read the Volts both before and after turning the key. If you turn the key and the volts drop of go below 12 Volts this too is a sign of a bad alternator.

• As a recap here what needs to be done.

1. Check the wiring and connections real good. Check all the big cables under the hood too.
2. Check the rotation of the alternator pulley when it is spinning to make sure it freely turns.
3. Test the alternator for Amps and remove positive battery cable to see if vehicle still runs.
4. Remember the battery is taking a heavy hit with all the "jumping" and dying so you will more that likely need a new battery after you see get the alternator issue cleared up.

• Hope this helps and thank you for using FixYa,