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hmmm... dang jeep has trouble starting

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Old 03-21-2011, 01:38 PM
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Question hmmm... dang jeep has trouble starting

So I went for a quick run to the store this morning, hopped back in the jeep to start it...nothing. Jiggled the shifter in park messed with the key and it started fine a moment later, I went home and tried to replicate the porblem and it did it again, do you guys know what this could be?
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Sounds like mis-adjusted or dirty NSS, Neutral Safety Switch.. Could be failing Cam or Crank Position Sensors
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A while ago i though I had a bad NSS so I cleaned it out, I hope it is not that.
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if it helps at all when I tried to start it and it did not work, it did not even turn over. but when it went to crank it was fine.
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