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Feb 11, 2017 | 09:01 AM

#31

Sidney Weeks

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Joined: Feb 2017

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Model: Cherokee

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Originally Posted by ShadowAngel

Thought i'd ask you all, since i'm having a hard time figuring this out. 9 times out of ten, my Cherokee starts up just fine. 3 times since i've bought it, however, it did nothing when I tried to start it. It's generally after i've let it idle for some time, or drove a short distance. For instance, today was Walmart.. drove up there to get some groceries, and was back out of the store in ten minutes. When I turn the key, it chimes as usual, the number son the clcok light up, and the radio starts, but when I turn the key, it doesn't even attempt to turn over. No cranking, no click. All three times this has happened, I kept trying and eventually it'd crank up and start, but today it took a few minutes. I ended up turning the key to crank it and just leaving it there even though it wasn't doing anything, and after about ten seconds it started to crank.

If it helps... when I turn the key to crank it, the battery gauge dips down into the red and the numbers on the clock vanish until I stop trying to start it. Any suggestions..? Possibly just a battery going bad? I have no idea how old the battery is. Thanks.

okay thank you, yes I replaced it with those just for time being, it's hard living paycheck to paycheck. But where does the main wire go to after leaving the battery as well as the ground?

Nov 20, 2017 | 03:40 PM

#32

Kyle Pederson

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Joined: Nov 2017

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Model: Cherokee(SJ)

$3000 in repairs that weren't the problem. Turn ignition half way, then all the way

Unbelievable fix. $3000 of work on nothing that was actually wrong. Just today turned the ignition switch half way to on. Waited a second then turned it all the way and now works every time. Craziness. I have been having this same problem for the last year and a half. It won't start out of nowhere. Jump doesn't work. $3000 later had new battery. Worked for a month. Same problem. New starter. Worked for a few months. Same problem. New starter relay fuse. Worked again. Stopped starting a few months later. They then replaced the ignition block and switch. Next day wouldn't start. Repair guy came to the parking lot and I did a normal turn. He accidentally turned it the new way and now it works every time. I am so mad they fixed $3000 grand in repairs that weren't actually broken.