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	1996 Chrysler Sebring JXi 2.5L temperature cable VIN: 3C3EL55H8T Customer complained that he could no longer turn the temperature knob on the AC control head. We looked behind the glove box and could see the gears were no longer meshed properly. He did not have the time to leave it with us, but is dropping it off tomorrow f...	View
	1999 Chrysler Concorde LX 2.7L Cuts out VIN: 2C3HD46RXX car idles and accelerates fine but when rpm's reach 2900 to 3000 it starts to cut out. while driving with scanner hooked up it will loose the cam/crank sync signal then it will loose the cam signal then the crank signal in no pattern. it will do the same thing... Trouble codes: P0352 (2 cylinder ignition primary curcuit problem)	View
	1990 Dodge MALLARD 360CID Excessive Emissions VIN: 4CDA3XH20L vehicle came to me as a gross polluter from another shop. I repaired a vacuum leak at the EGR valve, replaced a defective O2 sensor which brought emissions down below gross polluter status but idle CO needs to be below 1.5%. I've checked every system I know of...	View
	1997 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.3L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 2B4GP44R8V Hi I have this 1997 Grand Caravan and what it does is when it is cold, take it out on the highway with the cruise on, and somewhere between 4-5 miles the van will stumble and the cruise will turn off. Or if the van is cold and driving in town after about 5 m...	View
	1998 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie 5.2L Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1B7HC13Y6W This truck has a J-Tech ECM. 5 volt ref. come out of the ECM through the sensor to ground. I have check the wiring for chaffing and found none. I have also found out that the first shop had put on a rebuilt ECM with same results so they removed it. After this ... Trouble codes: P0132	View
	1998 Dodge Dakota 3.9L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1B7GL22XXW Hi guys! Have this Dakota with a miss on cylinder 6. Has 110 psi compression on all cylinders. Scope pattern is good,But it does show a higher than normial fireing voltage on 6. Switched plug to differnt cylinder, still misses on no.6. Did an injector balance ... Trouble codes: P0306	View
	1999 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie 5.2L Misfire VIN: 3B7HC13YXG this truck was brought here because 2other facilitiescould not find ant problems.i smoked engine for vac. leaks none were noted,our scan tool showed that ltft (bk1)-16% stft -3% o2s seemed to run normal. thank-you for any help bill at monty's car clinic	View
	1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Van 5.9L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3B7KF26Z4X This one is confusing me. This truck came in with a MIL. Checked codes, 132( I believe) for rich exhaust. Looking at scan data and later verified with scope both front and rear o2's with reading 4.8v KOEO, and .12 KOER at an idle. At about 2500 RPM the o2's we...	View
	1999 Dodge Caravan 3.3L Surge, Stall Hello fellow techs. I have this vehicle that just dies on road test when hot, and check gauges light comes on. Have done the fuel pressure test and cleaned computer terminals and connector block. The crank sensor was replaced as a precaution. There are no code...	View
	2001 Dodge Dakota 4.7L headlights.security coverd in above	View
	2002 Dodge Dakota 3.9L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall VIN: 1B7HG36X02 This vehicle was brought to us after touring the other shops in town. The stalling is a problem only experienced by the customer even though she had left it overnight with us. Unfortunately we had no problems with it to start, idle in gear and drive immediatel...	View
	1997 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4.0L oil pressure VIN: 1234456789 Hello everyone. My brother in law had his wrangler serviced at a super lube and after he drove about 30 miles he noticed a knocking in engine with no oil pressure while doing about 65 with a manual trans. He shut it down and checked the oil. He states that it ...	View
	2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4.7L interior VIN: SALTY1245Y This is a different type of post.A friend of mine wants to know if he can put power seats in his wifes cherokee that did not come factory with them. My question is the jeep pre wired;and do power seats go through a body computer if it has one?	View

Fixes & Summaries for Chrysler

	Fix/Summary	Answers
	2000 Chrysler Town & Country LX 3.8L prndl VIN: 1C4GP44G6Y HELLO: Thanks to all who replied. The fix to the PRNDL problem is the TCM was at fault.Replaced it and all in fine.	3
	1995 Dodge Ram 1500 5.9L Vibration VIN: 1B7HF16Z5S We removed the trans pan and it looked great. We removed the passenger fuel rail with injectors and cranked the engine to SEE the fuel inj. spray pattern (note : uplug the electrical connector to coil NOT COIL WIRE as fire could result) #8 fuel injector dribbl...	12
	1996 Dodge Stratus 2.4L module VIN: 1B3EJ46X5T Thanks to the members who helped me on this problem,I believe the abs module is indeed defective.We were able to verify that everytime the abs module would go off line and loose communication the abs light would come on.Customer declined repair.thanks again ev...	3
	1996 Dodge Grand Caravan ES 3.8L windshield wipers VIN: 1B4GP54L1T most of you suggested the multifunction switch was bad & a few said the body control module & that is what fixed this problem the BCM, thanks to all who took the time to respond	26
	1998 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie 5.2L No Start VIN: 1B7HF16Y3W Thanks to all who responded, had a couple of responses to drop the exhaust, possibly plugged...and after giving it some thought last night I thought it was the best thing to check this morning. I pulled the o2 sensor out and she fired right up...got a converte...	16
	1998 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.3L Hydraulic system VIN: 1B4GP44G3W Hello all, Thanks to some rethinking this one is fixed.I had received several replies. None of them fixed my problem but did give good advice.Evidently the control units on these things are under warranty for quite a while so if you have one check before you...	7
	2001 Dodge Durango SLT 4.7L Cruise Control VIN: 1B4HS28N61 The fix was courtesy of Charles from Kansas and Alan from Wisconsin. They both hit the nail on the head with their posts about checking for moisture/coolant intrusion at the 100 pin C200. The problem stems from a leaking auxilary coolant pump and coolant finds...	3
	1990 Plymouth Voyager 2.5L Stall VIN: 2P4FH25K6L Thank-you to all who took time to respond. Of 8 replies 5 had mentioned the fuel injector.Either being plugged or inop..I was leaning toward that until I heard from schomishg@power-net,Bob [...], and Scott that had explained the theory of excessive voltage from...	11

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