Starter Solenoid Problems of Chrysler Pacifica

The engine would not start. Battery and connections were checked. The starter motor and solenoid assembly was replaced. The starter attempts to engage but will not turn the engine. After research I found Chrysler has offered a recall for several 2008/09 model cars and vans for defective ignition switches. The safety hazard is great if the electrical portion would fail while the car was in motion.

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On Dec 19, 2008 my 2004 Pacifica started stalling when driving home from work, it did this approximately (20) times in rush hour traffic. I would put it in neutral and some times it would start up immediately and sometimes it would delay by several minutes. I drove the car to my mechanics; which was closed, and left it there, the next day it would not act up for him and he ran a diagnostic that showed him nothing. Although he did find a recall on the pcm needing reprogrammed for stalling issues. We then took it to shuman Chrysler in walled lake, mi. And dropped it off. They replaced the solenoid and confirmed that the reprogramming was done prior to this problem. Cost was $237. 50. On christmas eve on a busy road the car stalled out again, and took several attempts before it kept running. Here we were sitting in a dead car, on one of the most widely known evenings with drunks on the road. We proceeded to our destination and at the end of the evening we had someone follow us home with my elderly mother in their car. We took it back to the dealership on the 26th and they replaced the ground to the transmission case from the battery. No charge this time. On the 27th the car stalled again 3 times on us, we got to our destination and disconnected the battery to reboot the computer and it worked until Dec 30th, when the dealership picked it up from the location where it would not start, right before the tow truck started loading it; it started and quit again. It has been at the dealership ever since. Today January 7, 2009 the dealership called and will be ordering a new pcm, and a power distribution module. It was explained to me that the module is responsible for not starting and the pcm is responsible for the stalling or the shorting out. The cost will be $1200. I will call them tomorrow and ask for the parts to be saved. I am not done with this. Countless reports have been tracked and the reprogramming did not fix the Chrysler problem, and neither will they.

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Car would hesitate when starting, and then just would not start. When service dept. Tried, they said it worked just fine. But when I got it, it did the same. It would hesitate, then shook a lot, then just would not start. Needed new starter.

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Driving road speed, the 2004 Pacifica with gauge reading "150 miles to empty" stalls and the gauge read "38 miles to empty". Cannot restart but upon adding 2. 5 gal of gas, started again. Stalling occurred at least 5x within a week. Dealer installed solenoid 8059043 and body control module (bcm) but did not correct the problem.