Scott T. Indresano wrote:
> My sister-in-law has a 2002 Chrysler Town & Country with the 3.8l V6.
> Lately her gauges have been going crazy, and it wouldn't start. The
> battery was charged. The alternator and battery test fine. Now after
> several jumps, she has no dash lights when the headlights are on.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Scott T. Indresano
Someone needs to start checking ground and power connections between the
battery and the vehicle power distribution - preferably someone with a
multimeter that knows how to use it.
I don't know if the T&C has jump posts separate from the battery, but
some other late model Chrysler vehicles do, and the connections at the
negative and positive jump posts can be come loose/high
resistance/intermittent (for example, in the LH cars, the neg. jump post
is actually the main vehicle ground point, and the pos. jump post is a
single point thru which *all* power except the hot wire to the
alternator go - and they are known to get loose and give similar
behavior to what you describe).
Alternatively, the BCM maybe going nuts. Try resetting the BCM by
removing power (the neg. jump post/main ground) for 15 minutes.
Bill Putney
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