Bad starter relay/solenoid. Take it back to the garage, it should be their problem to fix, not yours. You probably wound up with a cheap rebuilt starter. They fail often.
--Geoff On 9/1/08, pavesa2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > my 2001 Intrepid ES seems to have developed a fault in the starter. > Turn the key and you can tell the electricity is there as there are > electrical sounds, but the starter motor doesn't activate. If you do > it a few times the starter will eventually activate and the car > starts fine. It is intermittent in that sometimes it takes maybe a > dozen tries, other times it activates maybe second try. > > It started with the motor activating on the second attempt and > gradually it seemed to get worse. > > My garage cleaned some of the electrical connectors and it seemed ok > for a little while (a day or two) but the problem came back. Then > they replaced the starter motor (ouch!) and again it was ok for a day > or two and then the problem came back. > > Anyone seen this problem before or have any ideas? It is as if a > capacitor in the circuit is dying but I don't know if there is one.. > > Thanks > > Pavesa > > > ------------------------------------ > > Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> > Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Yahoo! Groups > Links > > > > -- --Geoff Cell: (313)506-7295 Sterling Heights CERT '04 Grand Cherokee | '05 Town & Country http://www.moparmailinglist.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
