2005 Dodge Neon Problems Starting

My 2005 Neon SXT has failed me several times since mid 2005 purchase.
The car began to fail after 4 months from purchase date to current July
2006. The car won't start, approx. 6:30am each morning and I continue
to attempt to start it for 10 minutes. After that time it finally
starts after opening and shutting all doors/trunk. Recently, took car
to dealers and they found nothing wrong with it. Next time it does not
start I plan to get it towed. Note: The car has never left me stranded
and eventually will start.

When I purchased car I order it with no "car alarm", so my guess either
their is a problem with the ignition or dealer not disconnecting the
alarm system correctly. I carry two keys, since car will start with one
key and not the other.

Likely its a defective part...

No-start and no-crank problems aren't the easiest to troubleshoot. You
didn't give us enough information.

- Does your car crank but not start, click but doesn't crank, doesn't
do anything... when you turn the key the first time(s)?

- Have you tried jumping it or have you always just tried for several
minutes then it started? Don't just tow, try jumping it.

Just need a lot more information about the specific details on this
problem. Off hand it sounds like it could possibly be a low battery, a
bad cell in your battery, or a defective starter.

- Is your Neon Auto or Manual??

- If the dealership told you there wasn't a problem, they MUST haven't
had problems starting it because if they did they would've tried to get
you in for service (warranty or not). That means it COULD be user
error. Make sure you use the right key every time, make sure the car
is in P or N every time you try to start it. Make sure you have the
brake on Auto, or the brake and clutch depressed when you try to start
on a Standard.

That's the big thing, I guess. If the dealer said there was no
problem, there might not really be one.... But LOL at that, because I
they've been wrong before. Get on your local Craigslist you can find
someone to come check your car out for dirt cheap.

100% acoording to previus reply.
My concern is: why you carry two keys? only one works? are those not
identicals?
Julio

On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:57:45 -0700, JuliofromHouston wrote:

> 100% acoording to previus reply.
> My concern is: why you carry two keys? only one works? are those not
> identicals?

"Previus reply"? What the **** are you talking about?

Learn how to use a real newsreader, you ignorant Google Groups loser.

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Your car has "AntiTheft" installed. All Chryslers do. That is why you have
the key with the thick gray colored end. It has a chip in it to tell the car
to start. The plain metal key with the thinner coating is the emergency key
to use to unlock the doors to get in if you locked your keys in it. If you
use that to start your car, it will not start, and after 4 to 5 times it
will shut down your car for 10 minutes. Use the thicker key, And better yet,
read the @%#$^ owners manual so you know what your doing!

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Oh Jeez!!!!!!Somebody else wont read the manual....
> wrote in message
...
> Your car has "AntiTheft" installed. All Chryslers do. That is why you have
> the key with the thick gray colored end. It has a chip in it to tell the
> car
> to start. The plain metal key with the thinner coating is the emergency
> key
> to use to unlock the doors to get in if you locked your keys in it. If you
> use that to start your car, it will not start, and after 4 to 5 times it
> will shut down your car for 10 minutes. Use the thicker key, And better
> yet,
> read the @%#$^ owners manual so you know what your doing!
>
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Deb wrote:
> My 2005 Neon SXT has failed me several times since mid 2005 purchase.
> The car began to fail after 4 months from purchase date to current July
> 2006. The car won't start, approx. 6:30am each morning and I continue
> to attempt to start it for 10 minutes. After that time it finally
> starts after opening and shutting all doors/trunk. Recently, took car
> to dealers and they found nothing wrong with it. Next time it does not
> start I plan to get it towed. Note: The car has never left me stranded
> and eventually will start.
>
> When I purchased car I order it with no "car alarm", so my guess either
> their is a problem with the ignition or dealer not disconnecting the
> alarm system correctly. I carry two keys, since car will start with one
> key and not the other.


If the car will start with one key and not the other, then it sounds an
awful lot like your theft deterrent system is on the fritz. The keys
have an RF chip in each one, and the theft system activate a fuel cut
off if it cannot read the correct RFID from the key when you attempt to
start the car.

If you had them disable it, then this is likely your problem. this is a
standard feature on the '05 neons, probably not something I'd mess with.




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